The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Egypt Khaled Megahed announced Sunday that Egypt is set to produce its first COVID-19 vaccine within a few days, from the VACSERA production complex’s branch branch in Agouza in cooperation with the Chinese company Sinovac. Megahid pointed out that the VACSERA factories complex manufactures many vaccines, and not just for the coronavirus. Zayed visited on Sunday VACSERA’s factory complex in 6th of October City, following up on the final preparations of the new production lines to manufacture vaccines. The costs of factory complex’s equipment reached $17 million, while construction cost LE80 million. The Ministry of Health announced that 40 million doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine will be produced in Egypt this year through VACSERA’s factories, with the first batch of two million doses scheduled within a month from now.
