CAIRO – 23 August 2021: The President advisor for health and prevention affairs Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din said Monday that Egypt will be receiving 25 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the coming four months. He noted that the government is aiming to vaccinate 40 million citizens during the coming period. Taj El-Din explained that about 25 million doses of the locally- manufactured vaccine are expected to be out in the centers shortly. The presidential advisor assured that people with chronic diseases are still the most vulnerable to infection with the Coronavirus. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said eight patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,671.
