Egypt purchases 2.51K ambulances, mobile clinic vehicles

CAIRO – 30 September 2021: Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed met with the executives of Mercedes Benz in Germany's Stuttgart Wednesday agreeing on the supply of 2,510 ambulances and mobile clinic vehicles that will be part of Decent Life initiative.  

The deal worth LE3 billion consists of the delivery of 1,510 vehicles between October and mid-2022, while the rest would arrive starting 2023.

The minister had stated in a joint press conference with the German ambassador on September 23 that negotiations are underway with Germany to acquire Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

The conference was held on the occasion of receiving 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses from Germany. As such, the total number of doses given by Germany to Egypt over the past week became 2.3 million.