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CAIRO Egypt said on Wednesday it will receive another 4.9 million doses of different types of coronavirus vaccines in May.
The earliest of these will be a shipment of 1.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which is due to arrive next week as part of the global COVAX agreement, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement.
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COVAX was established by the Geneva-based GAVI vaccine alliance and the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the equitable distribution of vaccines.
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt has signed a $7.5 billion deal to construct a petrochemical complex in the Ain Sokhna industrial zone, the government said on Wednesday.
The 3.56 million square meter facility is the latest part of the country’s efforts to try to develop an energy hub in the eastern Mediterranean.
The deal, between the Red Sea National Refining and Petrochemicals Company and the Suez Canal Economic Zone’s development company, aims to produce value-added petroleum products in order to fill Egypt’s domestic needs and enable exports.
The products include polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, bunker fuel and other petroleum and chemical products, the statement said.
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