Minister of Health Hala Zayed - FILE
CAIRO - 22 September 2020: Egypt has witnessed a decrease in the tally of Coronavirus infections this week by 8.75 percent compared to the week before, said Minister of Health Hala Zayed.
During Tuesday's cabinet meeting, Minister Zayed displayed the ministry's efforts to control spread of Coronavirus pandemic, discussing Egypt's plan to effectively take part in the international clinical trials launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The trials are a bid to find a successful medicine for the coronavirus or a medication that can slow the development of the disease along with reducing fatality rates.
Zayed also highlighted the WHO director's praising of Egypt's approving participating in the trials on a vaccine by allowing volunteers to take the coronavirus vaccine.
The minister asserted that applying social distancing regulations and wearing face masks are necessary to reduce the number of infections.
The Minister announced that a total of 800 recovered patients from Coronavirus were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving the necessary medical care, bringing the total of those recovering from the virus to 90,332 cases until today.
The ministry also stated that 126 new cases have been recorded testing positive to COVID-19, as part of the examination procedures that the ministry conducts according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, pointing to that death toll reached 17 new cases.
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