Egypt’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 951 new coronavirus cases, 42 deaths and 668 recovered cases. There have now been a total of 264,557 confirmed cases, 15,178 deaths, and 193,491 recovered cases reported in the country. A country-wide partial lockdown aimed at curbing cases that has been in place since May 6 ended on Tuesday. The ministry reported in mid-May that it has vaccinated 1.3 million people since its campaign began on January 24, and over five million have registered on the ministry’s website for the jab. 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 03, 2021 09:43 UTC