Egypt’s Sisi order completing national project for self-sufficiency of plasma derivatives

CAIRO - 13 July 2020:  President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to complete the National Project for Self-Sufficiency of Plasma Derivatives in accordance with the international standards, said Egyptian Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi in a statement on Monday.

The President ordered the government to complete all scientific and technical aspects of the project in accordance with the highest and international standards and with the participation of the most prestigious international expertise, Radi said.

Sisi’s comments came during a meeting with Health Minister Hala Zayed, Presidential Adviser for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tageldin, Presidential advisor for Urban Planning Amir Sayed Ahmed, head of the he Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Medical Supply and Technology Management ( AUPP ) Bahaa El-Din Zidan, and others.

In a meeting of the Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA), Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed revealed the new project, in contribution with the ACDIMA and the SK Plasma, a South Korean producer of plasma-derived medicines, Egypt’s state-owned news agency.

Early June, Zayed stated that the convalescent plasma transfusion experiment for patients with critical coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms has shown successful results in Egypt, Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed on Friday.

The experiment to inject convalescent plasma has contributed to reducing the need for ventilators and increasing the number of recoveries, Zayed said.