Egypt has so far fared extremely well in the Covid-19 pandemic – at least according to their official figures. With slightly fewer than 360,000 cases up until the beginning of December 2021, the country ranks in an excellent position by international standards. Measured per inhabitants, the pandemic has claimed only a fraction of the number of lives than in the US or in European countries. The only problem with this is there is every indication to assume that these figures presented by the administration under President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi are wrong. Not only do eyewitness accounts suggest tha…