Egypt’s Health and Population Ministry announced the availability of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the 126 offices and international vaccination centers affiliated with the ministry throughout the country to vaccinate travelers abroad. In a statement on Monday, the ministry added that vaccines for travelers abroad are free of charge and will never be sold. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is a viral vector vaccine, it explained, operating through the same method as AstraZeneca and Sputnik. Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced Monday that Egypt has received its first shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A Health Ministry statement explained that 261,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been received at Cairo International Airport, in cooperation with the African Union.

Source: Egypt Independent August 09, 2021 13:18 UTC