Egypt records 566 COVID-19 cases, 38 deaths on June 19

CAIRO – 20 June 2021: On Saturday, Egypt recorded 566 COVID-19 infections, and 38 deaths. That is in addition to the recovery of 456 patients at quarantine hospitals.

As such, the total number within each category has become 276,756 cases; 15,829 deaths; and 205,157 recoveries.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population Khaled Megahed stated Tuesday that Egypt will receive within days 1.9 million AstraZeneca doses through Covax, and one million Sinopharm doses within a week.

It is noted that Egypt is getting 40 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine through Covax. Until present, the country got 2.2 million doses of those in addition to two million Sinopharm doses within a deal with China comprising 20 million doses.

Furthermore, Egypt will produce 40 million doses annually of Sinovac and Sputnic V vaccines. Production of the former will begin in a few days as 1,400 liters of raw material have been delivered by China to produce 2,250,000 doses as a first phase. The second consists of five million doses.

The ministry also stated that 10 million Sputnic V doses will be delivered to Egypt soon.