Chairman of Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Clinical Center Csaba Lengyel shows a vial of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the University in Szeged, Hungary. Tibor Rosta/MTI/MTVA/Handout via ReutersCAIRO – 7 March 2021: Egypt will receive 8 million doses of anti-coronavirus vaccines within the next few weeks, stated that Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din on Saturday in a press conference. Egypt has already received nearly 400,000 doses of anti-Coronavirus vaccines including Chinese Sinopharm and British AstraZeneca vaccines. The ministry has allocated 40 centers in the governorates for citizens to get the vaccine, including the Nozha medical center, Al-Qattameya medical center, and Al-Zohor medical center in Cairo. The Health Ministry announced in a Friday statement that 579 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 185,334.

Source: Egypt Today March 07, 2021 10:41 UTC