Egypt Receives More COVID-19 Vaccines

Arab World

January 31st, 3:19pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt received its first shipment of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines on Sunday

Egypt on Sunday received its first shipment of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, airport officials said. The 50,000-dose shipment arrived at Cairo international airport on a flight from Dubai, said the officials. Dr. Mohammed Awad Tag el-Din, Egypt’s presidential health advisor, said the AstraZeneca shipment originated in the company’s factory in India. It was the second shipment of COVID-19 vaccines received by Egypt. The first was 50,000-doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine that was delivered last month. Egypt, a county of more than 100 million people, has reported more than 165,400 confirmed cases, including 9,263 deaths.

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