Acting Health Minister, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar reviewed, on Wednesday, the latest epidemiological situation in Egypt, in light of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron'.
During the cabinet's weekly meeting, Abdel Ghaffar presented a study on the efficacy of vaccines on the “Omicron” mutant, and the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control “CDC” regarding the period of isolation for infected people.
He also added that the total of vaccinations against the COVID-19 in Egypt has reached 55.662.624 million doses, so far between first and second doses.
Moreover, Abdel Ghaffar said that Egypt received on Sunday 2.3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, adding that the shipments included 1.5 million doses produced by Pfizer, 462,000 doses from Moderna, and 352,800 doses from AstraZeneca.
It is worth mentioning that, Egypt’s Health Ministry reported, on Tuesday, 809 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 383,003.
The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 21,667 nationwide after the ministry announced 28 deaths.
About 711 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising the total number of fully-recovered cases to 318,456.
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