Egypt receives vaccine doses via France

The AstraZeneca vaccine doses were delivered via the World Health Organization's COVAX initiative.
An Egyptian medical worker administers a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) on March 4, 2021 in Cairo on the first day of vaccination in Egypt.
An Egyptian medical worker administers a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on March 4, 2021, in Cairo on the first day of Egypt's vaccination drive. - KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

Egypt has received hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses via the World Health Organization.

Health Minister Hala Zayed said Sunday that the delivery from the WHO’s COVAX program consisted of 546,400 doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine, according to a Ministry of Health and Population statement. 

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