FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File PhotoCAIRO - 19 September 2021: Egypt would receive 3.5 million doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccines this week, besides 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine this Friday, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday. These shipments of vaccines will be provided in travel vaccination centers, the ministry added. The campaign contributed to raising awareness of 18,000 people about the importance of the vaccination for protection from the coronavirus. Egypt recorded on Saturday 637 coronavirus infections, and 16 deaths as well as 711 recoveries at isolation hospitals.
