Egypt gearing up for mass COVID-19 immunization
Egypt is gearing up to start a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign, after receiving two shipments of about 100,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine.
Muslim worshippers wait outside Al-Azhar Mosque as they arrive to perform the Friday prayers under new coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 28, 2020. Photo by Mohamed El-Shaded/AFP via Getty Images.
Dec 17, 2020
CAIRO Egypt is preparing for the largest vaccination campaign in its history; the populous Arab country has already received two shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine developed in China.
The shipments, which came from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Dec. 10 and Dec. 15, contained 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. Other shipments of the same vaccine will arrive one after another, the Ministry of Health said.