Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed announced Monday that her country is seeking to manufacture the AstraZeneca vaccine locally in the near future at VACSERA’s factories in 6th of October City. The Health Ministry is coordinating with various concerned officials in this regard, the minister said. Zayed added that she phoned the head of the World Health Organization on Sunday where she confirmed the organization’s approval of the process Egypt has taken to provide its citizens with vaccines. Thus far, the government has allocated about two billion LE to the fund for this purpose, he added. Zayed also assured during the meeting that all stocks of medical supplies including oxygen and medicine are readily available.

Source: Egypt Independent May 18, 2021 12:55 UTC