Egypt reports 1180 new coronavirus cases, 61 fatalities on Tuesday

Egypt reports 1180 new coronavirus cases, 61 fatalities on Tuesday

CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said late Tuesday that 1,180 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 239,740. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 61 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 14,033. As many as 801 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 178,241 so far, the spokesman said. Similarly, Egypt’s leading pharmaceutical company Minapharm said it would produce over 40 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine per year, as per an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). The agreement to produce the world’s first registered vaccine against the novel virus also includes Minapharm’s Berlin-based subsidiary ProBioGen AG. Minapharm in a press release said the parties to the agreement plan to immediately start transferring technology required, expecting the rollout of the vaccine in the third quarter of 2021. Minapharm says production of the 40 million annual doses will take place in its Cairo biotech facility for global distribution.