REUTERS/Lee SmithCAIRO – 14 August 2021: Egypt received on Friday 1,766,400 doses of COVID-19 Vaccine “AstraZeneca” through COVAX, the AstraZeneca company said in a statement. With this new batch of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, we can better meet the ever-growing number of vaccine registrations that we are seeing across the country and move one step closer towards recovery,” Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said. "I was delighted to see the arrival of further doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca to Cairo. This milestone further demonstrates the value of governments, industry and others working together to fight against the pandemic,” said Hatem Werdany, Country President for Egypt, AstraZeneca. Early 2021, Egypt received 2,623,200 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine through COVAX, according to a statement issued by the United Nations (UN) on May 31, 2021.
