(File photo: Reuters)CAIRO - 1 March 2020: The Health Ministry announsed in a Sunday statement that 586 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 183,010. Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 48 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 10,736. Egyptian senior citizens (aged above 40) will be able to register for anti-Coronavirus vaccine online starting from Sunday. After finalizing the vaccination of medical staff at 40 quarantine hospitals for free, the state’s vaccination plan starts on Sunday for high-priority citizens. The registration to get the vaccine is done either online (http://mohpegypt.com) or at certain health facilities.

Source: Egypt Today March 02, 2021 12:56 UTC