In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 49 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 10,590. As many as 433 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 139,927 so far, the spokesman said. 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 February 27, 2021 08:15 UTC