Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said that the total of vaccinations against the coronavirus has reached to 44.2 million doses, so far between first and second doses.
He also stressed that the disappearance of symptoms for a period of 10 days from infection is an indicator of the patient's recovery from the Coronavirus, in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) issued on May 27, 2020.
It is worth mentioning that, the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) announced the start of clinical trials for CoviVacc, the country’s first coronavirus vaccine.
In a statement, the authority confirmed that the vaccine is a fruitful outcome of cooperation between the National Research Center and Vaccine Valley Company.
On Tuesday, Egypt’s Health Ministry reported 856 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 352,123.
The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 20,052 nationwide after the ministry announced 61 deaths.
About 719 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising the total number of fully-recovered cases to 293,374.
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