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Sunday, 25 July, 2021 - 07:00
A nurse prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at a vaccination center in Cairo. (Reuters) Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat
Egypt’s Health Ministry has urged citizens to abide by the preventative precautions to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, amid a continuous decline in infections.
The ministry on Friday confirmed 41 new cases, bringing the country’s total up to 283,947.
The total tally of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 16,477 nationwide after the ministry announced seven more, while 533 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising the total of fully recovered cases to 227,068.
The health authorities urged citizens to continue to abide by the preventative precautions including wearing facemasks, maintaining social distancing, washing hands regularly and abstaining from attending crowded places.