President Sisi directs government to begin localizing technology of manufacturing veterinary vaccines in Egypt

CAIRO- 23 December 2021: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to scrutinize all details of studies maximize the value-added of minerals extracted from the black sands in Egypt and to  immediately begin localizing the technology of manufacturing veterinary vaccines in the country, said Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi in a statement.

 

President Sisi’s directives were given during a meeting with Director General of the National Service Projects Organization (NSPO) of the Armed Forces Maj Gen Walid Abul-Magd, Advisor to the Director General of NSPO Maj Gen Mokhtar Abdel Latif, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Company for Animal Production Maj Gen Mohamed Salah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Black Sand Company Maj Gen Magdy El-Taweel, Nuclear Materials Authority member Dr. Waleed Mohrez, and Executive Director of “MEVAC”, a factory manufacturing vaccines, Dr. Magdy El-Sayed.

 

The meeting discussed efforts to maximize the value-added of minerals extracted from the black sands in Egypt, presenting the map of the various economic minerals found in the black sands in Egypt as well as their industrial applications, Rady said.

 

The meeting also discussed the projects carried out by the Egyptian Black Sand Company in partnership with foreign expertise, the economic feasibility and investment cost of those projects, and similar international experiences, Radi added.

 

“This aims to capitalize on the opportunities offered by the discovery and extraction of the country’s natural resources, while asserting the importance of the sound management and achieving the greatest economic and investment benefit from them,” he said.

 

The meeting also reviewed progress in efforts to establish and operate a factory for the production of veterinary vaccines. In this regard, a map of the livestock production market in Egypt and the producers of vaccines was showcased. The discussions also tackled the general outlook proposed for the partnership with the private sector in this regard.

 

The President gave directives to immediately begin localizing the technology of manufacturing veterinary vaccines in Egypt in an integral manner, as part of the state’s strategy to provide sustainable protection for livestock from epidemic diseases. This is in addition to obtaining the capability in this field and to work on achieving self-sufficiency.