Egypt records 738 COVID-19 cases, 31 deaths on September 29

CAIRO – 16 September 2021: Egypt recorded Wednesday 738 COVID-19 infections, and 31 deaths as well as 809 recoveries at isolation hospitals. 

As such, the total figures became 303,783 infections, 17,294 deaths, and 256,467 recoveries.

Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced Wednesday that Egypt has received until now 4,424,400 doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm Group as part of the state's efforts to provide jabs against the pandemic.

One million doses of the vaccine were received at Cairo International Airport Tuesday evening from the Chinese company along with 3,000 liters of raw material sufficient to produce 4.6 million doses, according to Assistant Health Minister and Health Ministry Spokesman Khaled Megahed.
 

All vaccines that reach Egypt are approved by the World Health Organization and the Egyptian Drug Authority for emergency use, he said, stressing that all shipments are tested at the authority labs before distribution among the 1,100 vaccination centers across the country.