The ministry noted that it aims to manufacture 40 million doses of the vaccine by the end of this year. The ministry said that 300,000 doses were produced out of a total of 2.25 million doses scheduled to be produced in the first phase. The ministry noted that Egypt qualifies the factory with experts from India and China, for the purpose of exporting to Africa and the region. The ministry said that the Egyptian government signed an agreement with the Chinese company Sinovac to manufacture 40 million doses annually, and agreed to increase it within six months to 80 million doses. The factory of VACSERA, in al-Agouza, was rehabilitated with a production capacity of 300,000 doses per shift, and an annual production capacity of 110 to 220 million doses.

Source: Egypt Independent July 01, 2021 09:56 UTC