The Egyptian Ministry of Health reported 589 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, as the ministry’s central administration for preventive affairs head Mohamed Abdel Fattah announced that 8.6 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Cairo next week. In a phone interview on the DMC channel Thursday evening, Abdel Fattah confirmed that the ministry has secured 100 million doses of the vaccine. The ministry is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine in its campaign. The ministry on reported an additional 46 deaths and 422 recovered cases. Egypt now has now disclosed a total of 180,640 coronavirus cases, 139,494 recovered cases, and 10,541 deaths.

Source: Egypt Independent February 26, 2021 09:27 UTC