The Chargé d’Affairs of the US Ambassador to Cairo Nicole Shampaine and Egypt’s Assistant Minister of Health Mohamed Hassany, welcomed the arrival of the first shipment of 1.6 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine of doses to Cairo, the first shipment of several to come. “I am delighted to welcome this vaccine shipment, a direct donation of 1.6 million doses of Pfizer from the people of the United States to the people of Egypt. At the outset of the pandemic, Egypt sent medical supplies to the United States. In August of 2020, the United States sent 250 ventilators to Egypt. Thursday’s shipment follows on the heels of nearly 4.7 million doses of coronavirus vaccine donated by the US and partner countries to Egypt through the COVAX initiative, bringing the total donations so far to more than six million doses.
