Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday confirmed 812 new coronavirus cases, 40 deaths, and 445 recovered cases. The country has now reported a total of 210,489 confirmed cases, 12,445 deaths, and 159,499 recovered cases. The Health Ministry is currently working to vaccinate medical staff, people over the age of 65, and those with chronic illnesses, but registration for the vaccine is open to all online. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine for its campaign and has received doses of the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine. So far, 100 million doses of the vaccine have been secured by the ministry, which is enough to vaccinate roughly half of Egypt’s population.

Source: Egypt Independent April 12, 2021 08:26 UTC