Two Vacsera factories will soon begin to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine, Alaa Eid, head of the preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health, said. Eid added that experiments on the manufacture of the vaccine are currently underway, Eid added. In October 2020, Egypt’s Minister of Health Hala Zayed began communicating with the Chinese Health Ministry about producing the vaccine, he said. A team from the WHO visited the factories and gave the ministry positive feedback, he continued. He advised that anyone feeling symptoms, even if they are mild, should stay home until the symptoms pass.

Source: Egypt Independent April 16, 2021 13:00 UTC