The use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant has been approved by Eygpt. According to the health Minister, the first batch of the vaccine was delivered in December, with further doses expected this month.
Each batch of the vaccine consists of 50,00 doses to be first taken by medical workers.
The Sinopharm vaccine has been approved for emergency use in few countries and the company is still conducting late stage clinical trials in 10 nation’s. The vaccine relies on a killed virus, similar to how polio works.
Egypt , the Arab world’s most populous country has seen a rise in infections in recent weeks amid warnings by the government about a second wave. The country has recorded more than 140,000 cases of the Covid-19 disease, including 7,800 deaths.
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