- ReutersCAIRO – 3 December 2021: Egypt's Health Ministry said 919 new coronavirus cases were detected on Thursday, upping the total number of infections since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country to 360,435. In a statement, the ministry said 57 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20,594. Egypt is also carrying out studies on the emergence of the new coronavirus variant known as Omicron to study its effect on vaccine efficacy. Earlier, Canada suspended flights to Egypt along with nine African countries over fears related to the emergence of Omicron. On Tuesday, Egypt affirmed it has not detected any Omicron case so far.
