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10 May 2021, 08:05 GMT+10
CAIRO Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday that Egypt will start locally producing China s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June. During a press conference in Cairo, the minister said that the first 2 million doses will be produced in June at the plants of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA). (Egypt-China-Vaccine Production) KUWAIT CITY Kuwait launched on Sunday the second phase of the COVID-19 field vaccination campaign that provides vaccines for workers of shopping malls in the country. Abdullah Al-Sanad, spokesman of the Kuwaiti Health Ministry, said in a press statement that this campaign comes within the efforts of the ministry to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country. (Kuwait-COVID19-Vaccination)
Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday that Egypt will start locally producing China s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June.
During a press conference in Cairo, the minister said that the first 2 million doses will be produced in June at the plants of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA).
We will receive the first shipment of the raw materials needed to manufacture the vaccine on May 18, Zayed told reporters, adding that 40 million doses will be produced in the first year.
Zayed noted that two agreements were signed between Sinovac and the VACSERA in April, with the first one enabling the Egyptian side to obtain the expertise and technical assistance to produce the vaccine, while the second giving the VACSERA the license to manufacture and pack the vaccine in its factories.
Egypt to locally produce Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
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JOHANNESBURG - Egypt s Health Minister Hala Zayed has announced that the North African country will start locally producing China s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine in June, according to Xinhua.
The news outlet reported on Monday that Zayed, who was speaking during a press conference in Cairo, said that the first two million doses will be produced at the plants of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA). We will receive the first shipment of the raw materials needed to manufacture the vaccine on May 18, she said.
She also added that 40 million doses will be produced in the first year.
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2021-05-09 21:56:24 GMT2021-05-10 05:56:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed (C) speaks at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, on May 9, 2021. Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday that Egypt will start locally producing China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June. During a press conference in Cairo, the minister said that the first 2 million doses will be produced in June at the plants of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA). (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
CAIRO, May 9 (Xinhua) Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday that Egypt will start locally producing China s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June.