2021-01-01 12:05:12 GMT2021-01-01 20:05:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- As the countdown is ticking for the beginning of the New Year, the outgoing 2020 bears witness to the growing cooperation between Egypt and China in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the whole world over the past 12 months.
Hours before the New Year begins, China and Egypt signed a letter of intent for cooperation on anti-coronavirus vaccines, after the North African country received a batch of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese giant drugmaker Sinopharm in December, 2020.
The letter was signed in Cairo by Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang on behalf of the National Health Commission of China, and Egyptian Assistant Health Minister for Public Health Initiatives Mohamed Hassani, in the presence of Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed.