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Monday, 24 January 2022

Local case numbers continue to rise + another 1.8 mn Pfizer jabs from the US

The Health Ministry reported 1,603 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 1,569 the day before, as case numbers saw a second day of highs not recorded since the peak of the first wave in June 2020. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 410,098 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 38 new deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 22,368.

We received another 1.8 mn Pfizer covid doses from the US as part of the Gavi / Covax program on Saturday evening, according to a Health Ministry statement.

Pfizer’s plan for the transition to endemic covid: an annual jab that would cover all variants. The pharma giant’s CEO Albert Bourla told Israel’s N12 News on Saturday that a catch-all annual shot would be “an ideal solution” and could help us go back to pre-covid normalcy soon, reported The Times of Israel, though he also predicted that “there will be more variants.”

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