Egypt receives over 100K doses of COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca from Poland

CAIRO - 30 September 2021: Egypt has received more than 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca in donation from the government of Poland, said the Polish Foreign Ministry in a statement on Wednesday.

 

“The donation of vaccines to Egypt is an expression of solidarity with an important Polish partner in North Africa,” the statement said.

 

Over 100 thousand #COVID19 vaccines departed today from Warsaw 🇵🇱 to Cairo 🇪🇬. The donation of vaccines to Egypt is an expression of solidarity with an important Polish partner in North Africa.#SolidarityPL pic.twitter.com/VwHbH9Dlld

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) September 29, 2021

 

Last week, the Greek government supported Egypt with 250,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine “AstraZeneca.”  Also, a total of 850,560 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine offered by Germany arrived in Cairo on September 21, 2021.

 

Egypt’s Health Minister Hala Zayed said the country has received a total of 33.657 million doses of AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik V and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

 

Egypt also plans to release 1.926 million doses of the locally-made Sinovac vaccine between 18 to 24 September.