Egypt will release its locally-produced doses of the Chinese Sinovac coronavirus vaccine by today or tomorrow maximum, and will manufacture between 15 and 18.5 million doses per month, Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday.
Zayed made the announcement during a press conference with her Djiboutian counterpart, Ahmed Abdullah, in Cairo.
Egypt plans to produce millions of Sinovac and Russian Sputnik V vaccine doses annually to cover the local and African needs. Early in July, Zayed said the ministry seeks to produce 80 million vaccine shots this year.
Zayed during the press conference said Egypt will receive 5.2 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines next month.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
