Egypt receives 210K doses of Russia's Sputnik V anti-COVID-19 vaccine

CAIRO – 24 June 2021: Egypt received Thursday a consignment of 210,000 doses of Sputnik V anti-COVID-19 vaccine within a deal to acquire 10 million doses.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population Khaled Megahed stated on June 15 that Egypt would receive soon 1.9 million AstraZeneca doses through Covax, and one million Sinopharm doses.

It is noted that Egypt is getting 40 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine through Covax. Until present, the country got 2.2 million doses of those in addition to two million Sinopharm doses within a deal with China comprising 20 million doses.

Furthermore, Egypt will produce 40 million doses annually of Sinovac and Sputnik V vaccines. Production of the former will begin in a few days as 1,400 liters of raw material have been delivered by China to produce 2,250,000 doses as a first phase. The second consists of five million doses.