An image depicting President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is seen on a bottle of sanitizer before a news conference announcing details of a vaccination campaign against coronavirus disease outbreak, in Cairo. REUTERSCAIRO - 23 October 2021: The Health Ministry said Friday that 885 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 322,852. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 44 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 18,195. Earlier this month, Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Khaled Megahed said Egypt will soon manufacture the US coronavirus vaccine Moderna. He told Egypt Today that the negotiations are underway with the parent company in this regard.

Source: Egypt Today October 23, 2021 13:52 UTC