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The number of COVID-19 cases in Egypt continues to rise, with the Ministry of Health and Population's official tally reaching 50,437 total cases of the highly transmissible virus on Thursday, 18 June. Meanwhile Minister of Information Osama Heikal has self-quarantined. In its daily statement, the Ministry of Health announced 1,218 new COVID-19 infections and 88 related deaths, taking the total officially recorded death toll to 1,938. The total number of full recoveries has reached 15,528. Despite the increase in the…
