Egypt reports average of daily coronavirus cases at 124

CAIRO - 16 April 2022: The Health Ministry said Saturday that the average of the daily new coronavirus cases stood at 124 during the past week, while deaths registered 6.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the daily average of recoveries recorded 260, bringing the total number of recoveries to 444,002. The total number of vaccinated people hit 33,585, 495.

Under the 100 Million Health Initiative to eradicate Hepatitis C in Egypt, 1,719,602 million first graders in preparatory schools have been examined since the beginning of the initiative on November 21, the Health Ministry said in statement.

Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesperson for the ministry said that medical tests would be carried out for the next five years for first graders in preparatory school to protect the coming generations from Hepatitis C under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directives.

The health survey is targeting 2.5 million students in the first grade during the current academic year, Abdel Ghaffar said, adding that the ministry set 419 medical teams in 27 governates to ensure all the targeted students done their examinations