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US provides 2.2m additional doses of Pfizer vaccine to Egypt
The US’ total coronavirus vaccine deliveries to Egypt have reached 23.5m doses

PNA receives Egyptian-Chinese donation of VACSERA-Sinovac vaccine
The event was attended by Acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Alaa Moussa, China’s Ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang, and PNA Consul Nidaa Barghouti.

Egypt receives 3.9 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from UK
Abdel Ghaffar hailed the UK’s support for Egypt by sending this shipment of vaccines, which was received at the Cairo International Airport.

Egypt announces reducing the minimum age requirement to receive coronavirus vaccine to five years
The higher the rates of vaccination and the wider the coverage, the more quickly societies can return to normalcy, said Abdel Ghaffar.

China’s Sinovac to support Egypt with fully-automated cooling facility for vaccine storage
“China-Egypt anti-epidemic cooperation has continued to deepen and vaccine cooperation has seen many bright spots. China is willing to continue to work with Egypt to strengthen mutual confidence and overcome difficulties together,” said the Chinese ambassador.

Egypt, China discuss enhancing cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine production
Sinovac to establish vaccine cold rooms at VACSERA factory

Unvaccinated citizens would not be allowed in government facilities by December: Cabinet
Government to expand COVID-19 vaccination booths at Cairo Metro stations, railways stations, and malls

US donates additional 3.6 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Egypt
This brings total Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to 8.25 million

India reaches major milestone in its fight against coronavirus, administering 1 billion vaccine doses: Ambassador
Incoming tourists to India will be allowed to enter through chartered flights for tourist groups only from 15 October, those visiting by commercial flights will be allowed from 15 November

More flexible storage conditions for BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
The changes described will be included in the publicly available information on Comirnaty and will be implemented by the marketing authorisation holder in updated product labelling

Germany provides Egypt with 850,560 COVID-19 vaccine doses via COVAX
A shipment of 850,560 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in Cairo on Tuesday. The vaccine delivery was provided by Germany via the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative, in close cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Frank Hartmann, Ambassador of …

FDA approves first COVID-19 vaccine
Approval signifies key achievement for public health

Health Minister reviews Egypt’s COVID-19 situation, vaccine’s local manufacture
Two million vaccine doses were provided to state’s administrative apparatus

Egypt rolls out 1st batch of locally manufactured ‘Sinovac-VACSERA’ vaccine
Manufacturing, analysis process for 15 million vaccine doses is underway

Egypt receives 1.76 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Total of 40 million doses expected to arrive Egypt under COVAX initiative

Egypt’s Health Minister discusses J&J vaccine supply plan through AVAT
Plan comes in cooperation with Afreximbank

Egypt, WHO discuss approval for domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine
During the meeting, Zayed reviewed the Egyptian efforts to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine, through the contract with the Chinese company Sinovac.

Egypt to locally produce COVID-19 vaccine by 15 June: Health Minister
Zayed voices surprise on UK decision to add Egypt to its COVID-19 travel red list

Egypt to receive 3.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by 16 June: Health Minister
Local factories to start manufacturing Sinovac vaccine in June

Egypt receives 1st batch of raw materials to manufacture Sinovac vaccine
Government lends support to Vaccera with EGP 750m to produce vaccines

Vax Live concert exceeds vaccine goal to raise $302m
All attendees needed to provide negative COVID-19 tests before entering event

Egypt supports Afreximbank’s efforts to facilitate COVID-19 vaccine access in Africa: Finance Minister
Egypt backs African economies in light of pandemic in order to sustain production, says Maait

Benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh risks
Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations due to suspected deadly blood clot links could allow virus’ continued spread, more deaths

Egypt’s PM Mostafa Madbouly receives 1st shot of COVID-19 vaccine
Madbouly urged citizens to speed up registering for vaccine in interest of their health and safety of society, amid surge in nationwide infections

3rd batch of Sinovac vaccine to arrive in Egypt soon: Chinese Ambassador
China has so far provided 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine to Egypt, with third batch reaching 400,000 doses

Egypt to locally manufacture China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
Chinese company grants VACSERA limited licence to locally produce former’s COVID-19 vaccine

Egyptian economy to rebound in FY 2021/22 supported by vaccine rollout: IMF
Rebound will also be driven by the government’s public investment: World Economic Outlook

Egypt receives over 854,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Total of 40 million doses of vaccine set to arrive in country under COVAX agreement

Egypt to sign local manufacture agreement for China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Egypt will provide coronavirus vaccine for pilgrims before Hajj season

Egypt receives 300k doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China
Sinopharm vaccine proved 86% effective in preventing COVID-19, says Health Ministry