The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, currently acting in as Minister of Health and Population, announced that Egypt received the first shipment of the Coronavirus vaccine produced by the Moderna company on Sunday morning – a total of 784,280 doses delivered to Cairo International Airport.
Egypt has thus far succeeded in providing all types of vaccines against the coronavirus, according to the directives of the political leadership, he said.
This latest shipment was provided by Canada through COVAX in cooperation with the International Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI), he added, under the state’s plan to diversify and expand the provision of vaccines to citizens.
He explained that the Moderna vaccine has emergency use approval from the World Health Organization and the Egyptian Drug Authority, and consists of two doses separated by 21 days.
Abdel-Ghaffar pointed out that the shipment of vaccines received on Sunday will be subject to analysis at the Egyptian Drug Authority before being distributed to vaccination centers across Egypt.
