The Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced on Sunday that the ministry has secured 100 million doses of various COVID-19 vaccines. During a joint press conference with Hossam Hosny, head of the ministry’s scientific committee to combat coronavirus, Zayed added that 40 million doses of these vaccines have been contracted via Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance. According to Zayed, Egypt is looking in all directions to provide access to vaccines for the public. So far, it has secured doses from AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, and Russia’s Sputnik-V.Next week, Egypt will receive 8.6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Gavi, the minister said, adding that the country was set to receive a gifted shipment of 300,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine within a few days. Zayed stressed that the coronavirus committee is closely following the situation in Egypt, which is witnessing stability for the third consecutive week in terms infection and death rates.

Source: Egypt Independent February 22, 2021 09:33 UTC