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Egypt Poised to Begin Vaccine Manufacturing After First Batch of Raw Materials Arrived From China

TWEET TRANSLATION: "China and Egypt are true partners and friends. The love and friendship between the two countries is the main motive for supplying Egypt with vaccines."

Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed and Chinese ambassador Liao Liqiang were at Cairo’s international airport on Friday to witness the arrival of 1,400 liters of vaccine components that will be used to produce 2 million doses of Sinovac vaccine before the end of June.

In all, Egypt is expected to manufacture an estimated 40 million jabs within the first year. (ARAB NEWS)

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