Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday announced 991 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 223,514. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 13,107 nationwide, after the ministry announced 58 deaths. And 876 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 167,900. Tageldin added that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received the coronavirus vaccine himself to assure his citizens of the vaccine’s safety and efficiency. The Ministry of Health announced last week that it will soon begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V and China’s Sinovac vaccines at Vacsera.

Source: Egypt Independent April 27, 2021 08:37 UTC