Egypt’s Health Ministry in June 20 confirmed 532 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 277,288. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 15,859 nationwide, after the ministry announced 30 deaths. 456 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 205,613. A country-wide partial lockdown aimed at curbing cases that has been in place since May 6 ended on Tuesday. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine, and it has plans to soon begin locally manufacturing China’s Sinovac vaccine and Russia’s Sputnik-V.

Source: Egypt Independent June 21, 2021 08:41 UTC