CAIRO – 10 May 2021: 1.7 million doses shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine expected to arrive Egypt, Monday through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX), the Health Ministry announced. Minister of Health Hala Zayed, affirmed that Coronavirus vaccines are ‘safe and effective’, as Egypt will be receiving more batches of the vaccine during the current month. Earlier in April, Egypt received 845,400 AstraZeneca vaccine doses as part of COVAX. The eligible citizens have to take two shots of the Sinopharm vaccine (21 days apart) and four weeks apart for the AstraZeneca vaccine. Late in March, Health Minister Hala Zayed announced raising the number of coronavirus vaccination centers nationwide from 40 to 138.
