Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Exceed 264.2 Mln

Johns Hopkins University announced on Friday that more than 264.2 million people were infected with Coronavirus worldwide.

Noteworthy, Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population said in a post on its official page on “Facebook” that the Coronavirus vaccine is safe, effective, and stimulates the immune system to form antibodies that protect the body from the virus.

The authority confirmed that the vaccine is a fruitful outcome of cooperation between the National Research Center and Vaccine Valley Company.

Egypt’s vaccination campaign began in January with priority groups and later expanded to university students. Registration for the jab is open to all.

The peak of COVID-19 infections in Egypt is expected to decline in the second half of this November, Hossam Hosny, head of the Scientific Committee to Combat Coronavirus at the Ministry of Health confirmed

On November 14, the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) announced the start of clinical trials for CoviVacc, the country’s first coronavirus vaccine.