Health Ministry
El-Din asserted that the presidential initiatives have contributed to settling health problems of millions of citizens.
41 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 15,309.
The National Council for Women (NCW) congratulated Minister of Health Hala Zayed on her election as the chair of the Executive Office of the Health Ministers Council at the Arab League for the second time in a row.
The two-day campaign will tour Cairo, Alexandria, Fayyoum, Giza, Port Said, Damietta and Kafr el-Sheikh governorates.
Several cafés in Cairo have been closed during the past days due to violating coronavirus precautionary measures including serving shisha [hookah].
The two sides discussed means of manufacturing the Russian vaccine in Egypt through the Egyptian companies.
Egypt has been provided with 1,586,800 shots of the COVID-19 vaccine as of December 2020 through March 31 via Sinopharm and AstraZeneca companies.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has set the priorities of the 2030 strategy, including concern for health and education.
Egypt’s Health Ministry said Friday that 703 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 203,546.
42 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 11,956.
More than 13 million children have taken polio shots on the first two days of a national campaign to eliminate the disease in Egypt.
Megahed said that vaccination would begin in the centers starting Wednesday.
Earlier this month, Egypt initiated mass vaccinations against Covid-19, starting with the elderly and patients with chronic diseases.
Zayed's remarks came during her meeting held at the headquarters of the WHO office in Egypt.
Ministry of Health emphasized the need to follow precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus during the study period.
As many as 501 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 145,418 so far, the spokesman said.
Around 8,842,150 children have been vaccinated as part of the national anti-polio campaign which kicked off on Sunday and runs till March 3.
The vaccine will be provided through registration at the official website.
Egypt’s Evangelical Church officially resumed public masses and daily prayers in churches across the country after being suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, the church's head Andrea Zaki announced Friday.
42 coronavirus-linked deaths were registered over the past 24 hours, raising the overall death toll to 9,899 since the outset of the pandemic.
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