Photos: Egypt sends 1st million Sinovac/VACSERA doses to vaccination centers

CAIRO – 25 August 2021: Egypt’s Health Minister Hala Zayed announced on Wednesday the reception of the first million doses of the Sinovac vaccine manufactured locally after finishing evaluation tests.

In a statement, Zayed thanked the staff at the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) for the manufacturing of the vaccine doses based on an agreement between VACSERA and the Chinese Sinovac company.

Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said the doses have been sent to 657 vaccination centers across the nation, including 145 centers allocated to serve travelers.

He affirmed that centers are working from 9 AM to 9 PM on a daily basis.

As many as 15 million Sinovac/VACSERA doses are in the final stages of manufacturing and analysis, Megahed added.

 

 

The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) on Monday announced permitting the Sinovac/VACSERA for emergency use as the first locally-manufactured vaccine against coronavirus in Egypt.

The vaccine passed all necessary evaluation processes by the authority, in accordance with the international rules and references used to assess the safety, quality and effectiveness of vaccines, the EDA said in a statement.

The authority confirmed that the granting of the emergency use license for the first locally manufactured vaccine in Egypt came after providing all unprecedented technical and procedural support to VACSERA, with the aim of localizing this important industry and to achieve self-sufficiency in local production as soon as possible.

Earlier, Monday, Minster Zayed said, that 15 million doses of the locally-manufactured Sinovac vaccine will be distributed to medical centers all over the country starting, Tuesday.

She added that this locally-manufactured vaccine reduces the rate of hospitalization of the patient by 90 percent.