President Abdel Fattah al Sisi said that Egypt was Keen on manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine locally, not just to meet the country's needs but also to meet the needs of the whole African continent which suffers the most due to the pandemic.
Sisi added in his speech at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) that Egypt realizes the seriousness of the discrepancy in the paths of economic recovery between countries, according to its ability to provide the necessary numbers of vaccines.
He noted that the developed countries control the largest share of the world’s production of covid-19 vaccines.
All humanity and countries share COVID-19 challenges no matter how different their levels of development and growth” Sisi said. However, he added that ‘the African continent suffers the most due to the spread of COVID-19 and the lack of availability of vaccines.
Sisi also called during his speech for debt relief, especially from African countries, and offering it soft loans to help its development and growth.
He explained that Egypt has succeeded in achieving the Sustainable development goals in various governorates and has reduced the developmental disparity between rural and urban areas.
‘The economic reform policies that Egypt adopted during the past period was beneficial to the most vulnerable groups of the society’ Sisi said.
Source: Egypt Today
