30% more of Egyptian population needs to be vaccinated so life goes back to normal: Health Ministry

CAIRO - 7 March 2022: Life will go back to normal after vaccinating 70 percent of the Egyptian population; 40 percent have been jabbed thus far, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hossam Hosny, head of the Anti-Coronavirus Scientific Committee, said on Sunday the vaccination reduces the symptoms and contagiousness.

Meanwhile, the ministry has begun offering the booster dose to the medical staff, those with chronic diseases, senior citizens, and vaccinated people who has their last jab over six months earlier.

The recovery rates at the quarantine hospitals has increased to its first high of 85.7 percent, the ministry said on Saturday.