Egypt on Sunday received its first shipment of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, airport officials said.
The 50,000-dose shipment arrived at Cairo international airport on a flight from Dubai, said the officials.
Dr. Mohammed Awad Tag el-Din, Egypt’s presidential health advisor, said the AstraZeneca shipment originated in the company’s factory in India.
It was the second shipment of COVID-19 vaccines received by Egypt.
The first was 50,000-doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine that was delivered last month.
Egypt, a county of more than 100 million people, has reported more than 165,400 confirmed cases, including 9,263 deaths.
