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Egypt Registers 1303 New Coronavirus Cases, 26 Deaths


Wed 19 Jan 2022 | 11:29 AM
Yara Sameh

On Tuesday, Egypt’s Health Ministry reported 1303 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 402,611.

The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 22,205 nationwide after the ministry announced 26 deaths.

About 1399 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising the total number of fully-recovered cases to 336,028.

It is worth mentioning that, Acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Sunday that symptoms of seasonal Flu, and COVID-19 new variant ‘Omicron’ are highly similar.

In a press conference, he added that studies have proven that Coronavirus vaccination reduces the severity of infection.

The country’s vaccination campaign started in January 2021 using various types of imported and locally made vaccines and vaccinating millions of citizens.