At least 80 million of the 100 million doses will go to COVAX. The donation follows another recent COVAX shipment of 1.7 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, also from the UK. So far, COVAX has delivered more than 152 million vaccine doses to over 137 countries and territories, including in 83 lower-middle income countries. This package, and the UK’s wider support to COVAX, will help meet the need for vaccines in Egypt as the country continues to battle with COVID-19. UNICEF Representative in Egypt Jeremy Hopkins said “I would like to express our thanks to the UK government for their contribution.
