Africa News of Friday, 4 June 2021Source: africanews.comEgypt whose economy heavily depends on tourism, announced Thursday, June 3 the completion of the COVID-19 vaccination program to all tourism workers in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorates. According to the ministry of tourism; Khaled el-Enany, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities; the industry is recovering and there is a noticeable increase in tourists numbers. The tourism sector alone accounts for 12% of the gross domestic product. Egypt has reported more than 264,557 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 15,178 deaths. The actual number of COVID-19 cases, like elsewhere in the world, is thought to be far higher, in part due to limited testing.

Source: GhanaWeb June 04, 2021 13:52 UTC