The
Supreme Committee for the Management of the Coronavirus Crisis, under Prime
Minister Mostafa Madbouly, agreed Sunday to increase the capacity of hotels,
cinemas, and restaurants to 70% instead of 50 percent.
The
committee took the decision upon a report prepared by Health Minister Hala
Zayed on the latest developments regarding the epidemiological situation,
weekly infection changes, occupancy rates for isolation hospital beds, and the
global situation.
Egypt has launched the production process of 1 million doses of the coronavirus
vaccine, Zayed said, comparative tests are currently being carried out, ahead
of expanding production, she added.
Zayed also touched on the current position of contracting and supplying
AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik vaccines. Up to 26 university
hospitals are currently providing healthcare, treatment, and isolation services
in 18 universities, with a capacity of 1,637 beds, 700 intensive care rooms,
and 526 respirators, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar told the committee.
A plan was developed to increase university hospitals that provide sanitary and
therapeutic isolation services, when needed, to 36 hospitals, in 19
universities, with a capacity of 6,397 beds, 712 intensive care rooms, and 902
respirators, the minister revealed.
The country has currently been witnessing a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases officially registered in the past four weeks. Egypt has officially recorded 281,903 cases of coronavirus since the outbreak in February 2020 including 16,242 fatalities and 213,628 recoveries.
Source: Ahram Online
