Egyptian Health Minister Hala al-Zayed met last week with Gao Qiang, head of R&D at Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, to discuss how the two sides can expand production at the company’s factories in Egypt in order to make more jabs available for other African countries.
Sinovac vaccines are being prepared at a “fill-and-finish” facility outside of Cairo that’s run by the state-run pharmaceutical manufacturer VACSERA. So far, the joint venture has produced around 16 million doses at that plant, according to Beijing-based consultancy Bridge.
