Egypt’s Health Minister Hala Zayed said 1,141 citizens have received the first coronavirus vaccine dose on Thursday – Health MinistryCAIRO – 2 April 2021: Egypt’s Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said 25,000 citizens have received the coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, as part of the country’s vaccination campaign that has kicked off in January. Egypt received on Thursday early morning 845,400 AstraZeneca vaccine doses through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX), the Health Ministry announced. Late in January, Egypt received its first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine, consisting of 50,000 doses, from India. Afterwards, citizens get informed about the time and place where they will receive the vaccine. The eligible citizens have to take two shots of the Sinopharm vaccine (21 days apart) and four weeks apart for the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Source: Egypt Today April 02, 2021 07:18 UTC