Egypt Takes Delivery of 2 Million Doses of Sinovac Vaccines

Some of the two million Sinovac vaccines that arrived from China in Cairo on Monday.

Two million doses of Chinese-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Egypt on Monday, adding to the total of more than 14 million jabs Beijing has provided Cairo. The Ministry of Health said the vaccines will first be tested before being distributed to vaccination centers around the country. (EGYPT TODAY)

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