Egypt reports 886 new coronavirus cases, 43 deaths

CAIRO – 25 October 2021: Egypt’s Health Ministry said, Sunday night that 886 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 324,619.

 

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 43 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 18,285.

 

As many as 853 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 274,007 so far, the spokesman said.

 

 

On Oct.23, Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said said that Egypt received the third shipment of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at Cairo airport on Friday comprising 1.4 million doses offered by the US government through the COVAX initiative in cooperation with Gavi, the vaccine alliance.

 

US Ambassador Jonathan R. Cohen had said last week that the Pfizer vaccines are a direct donation from the people of the United States to the people of Egypt. “This is part of eight million Pfizer vaccine doses the United States is sending to Egypt.”

 

The shipments are part of 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the US to the African Union countries through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX).

 

Egypt's first Pfizer vaccines shipment arrived from the US in late September.

 

Last week, Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said unvaccinated employees will not be allowed to enter to workplace within a short period of time.

 

Madbouly, in a meeting with governors, affirmed the availability of vaccine doses, urging governors to make sure all employees in the administrative bodies are vaccinated.

 

The premier urged governors to intensify awareness campaign regarding the importance of vaccination, especially in light of the Ministry of Health’s readiness to provide the required vaccine doses.

 

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.