Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced that Egypt has received three shipments of coronavirus vaccines from Sinopharm and AstraZeneca. Vaccinations are still underway in chest and fever hospitals for medical teams nationwide, after the ministry completed vaccinations for workers in 22 isolation hospitals in 22 hospitals. Egypt vaccination campaign launched on January 24. The country is primarily using China’s Sinopharm vaccine, and expanding to use the UK’s AstraZeneca soon. Registration will open on a secure website as soon as the vaccination of medical teams in all hospitals is completed, the sources said.

Source: Egypt Independent February 16, 2021 11:26 UTC