Egypt sees decrease in COVID-19 cases

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Egypt sees decrease in COVID-19 cases

STORY: Egypt sees decrease in COVID-19 cases DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of Egypt's Health Ministry headquarters in Cairo 2. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Egypt's acting Health Minister 3. various of people waiting at hospital 4. various of a hospital 5. various of people taking coronavirus vaccine STORYLINE: Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced Wednesday that Egypt witnessed a decrease in infection with coronavirus during the current epidemiological week compared to the previous epidemiological week by 55 percent, in addition to a 20 percent decrease in deaths. The minister confirmed that no positive cases of monkeypox had been proven in Egypt so far, as he followed the ministry's procedures in preparation for the global outbreak. He explained that an integrated guideline for the disease has been issued and updated in accordance with the latest

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