Egypt reports 1,811 new coronavirus cases, 30 fatalities on Friday

CAIRO - 26 February 2022: The Health Ministry said Friday night that 1,811 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed infections since the outbreak in the country began to 478,984.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 30 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 23,957.

As many as 1,811 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 409,748 so far, the spokesman said.

The Ministry of Health and Population is drafting a proposal to produce AstraZeneca anti-COVID-19 vaccine locally through VACSERA, which already produces Sinovac doses.

That is in light of Egypt's selection as one of the recipients of the mRNA technology used in the manufacturing of vaccines and other important medical drugs to confront many incurable diseases.

Higher Education Minister and Acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced Sunday that Egypt produced over 30 million doses of the effective and safe Sinovac/VACSERA COVID-19 vaccine.

 Abdel Ghaffar met last week with AstraZeneca regional director for the Middle East and Africa, Belin Inciso to discuss cooperation in the transfer of vaccine manufacturing technology.