Minister: Egypt's COVID-19 Infections Witness Upward Curve

Egypt's covid-19 infections witness an upward curve according to Minister of Health Dr. Hala Zayed on Wednesday.

Zayed indicated in a press conference today that the percentage of the recorded number of infections is increasing daily. Moreover, Cairo, Giza, and Alexandria reported the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Egypt.

Regarding the issue of the vaccines, she explained that on 30 November, Moderna asked for permission from the FDA to start producing the vaccine to start the process of distribution on 21st December.

This permission is the second after the one expressed by "Pfizer" and "BioNTech" two weeks ago.

Therefore, she revealed that the concerned committee is still observing the ongoing researches for the current clinical trials.

It is worthy to mention that Egypt currently is continuing several clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines. The ministry will get 20% of Egypt’s needs from the Coronavirus vaccine produced by Pfizer company, and 30% of the Oxford vaccine as it was previously announced.

Also, there is a possibility of launching an Egyptian vaccine. A week ago, Vice President of the National Center for Research Dr. Mamdouh Moawad that the center produced 4 Egyptian COVID-19 vaccines in a phone interview with Ahmed Moussa airing on the Sada El Balad Channel.

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He added that one of the Egyptian vaccines was authorized by the World Health Organization. Moreover, the center is working on the clinical trial phase.

Regarding the inquiries of the Ministry of Health and the Egyptian Drug Authority, Moawad confirmed the center’s will to answer them in a month.

Egypt registered on Tuesday 392 new coronavirus infections, raising the total cases to 116,303 since the beginning of the virus outbreak.

“Sixteen more deaths were confirmed; raising the total number to 6,666,” Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry’s spokesman, said in a statement.

“Up to 102,816 coronavirus patients have recovered so far,” the spokesman said. “As many as 98 Egyptians were among the recovered patients today,” he added.