Egypt heading towards self-sufficiency of vaccines: official

CAIRO- 11 July 2021: Advisor to the Ministry of Health for Research Dr. Noha Assem said that there are agreements to locally manufacture many vaccines, whether for Corona or for children, inside the Vaccera factories, stressing that “Egypt is heading towards self-sufficiency in vaccines.”

She added that Egypt will soon obtain batches of Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson anti-COVID vaccine.

“Egypt, from the first moment, has knocked on all doors in order to obtain vaccines, and it will witness extensive coverage in terms of Corona vaccines, starting next August,” she said, adding: “Egypt has already manufactured the Chinese vaccine, and agreement is underway to manufacture the Russian vaccine.”

Health Minister advisor continued that the only hope for controlling the Corona pandemic is the availability of safe and effective vaccines. Noha Assem had said that Egypt is at the end of the third wave, noting a constant decline in number of infections, praising the role of citizens in taking care of health prevention measures.

She added: "There are many reasons that led to the decrease in the number of infections with the Corona virus, the first of which is the acquired immunity from the virus, which gradually decreases with the decrease in the rate of infections; Egypt is in the stage of vaccination coverage, and we can say that the vaccine had the greatest credit for the decrease in numbers."