“On May 18, the first batch of raw materials for production will arrive.
The first two million doses will be produced at the end of June, they will be tested at the Egyptian Medicines Administration, after which mass production of this vaccine will be launched at the end of July, ”the head of the Ministry of Health quoted TASS as saying.
According to the minister, "Egypt seeks to become a regional hub in the production of vaccines and export them to African countries."
Earlier, the official representative of the Egyptian Ministry of Health, Khaled Mugahed, said that China had agreed to supply 20 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Egypt.