Egypt’s Health and Population Ministry on Friday confirmed 733 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 271,780. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 15,547 nationwide, after the ministry announced 37 deaths. And 555 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 199,840. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine. The Ministry of Health announced that it will soon begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V and China’s Sinovac vaccines at Vacsera.

Source: Egypt Independent May 31, 2021 08:26 UTC