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Egypt and China grant Gaza 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses

Egypt’s acting Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar at a press conference with Chinese Ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang, and Palestinian Consul Nidaa al-Barghouthy at VACSERA’s headquarters in Cairo. (Ahram)

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“The Palestinian Authority received an Egyptian-Chinese gift of 500,000 doses of the Egyptian-made Sinovac/VACSERA COVID-19 vaccine to support the people of the Gaza Strip”, a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population read on Sunday.

The Palestinian Consul to Cairo Nidaa al-Barghouthy received the gift in the presence of Egypt’s acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar and Chinese Ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang.

Al-Barghouthy expressed her gratitude to the Egyptian and the Chinese authorities for helping the Palestinian people.

In June, Egypt began locally producing the Sinovac/VACSERA COVID-19 vaccine at VACSERA’s facilities following the signing an agreement with China’s Sinovac biopharmaceutical company.

According to the agreement, Sinovac provides the necessary training for VACSERA employees and technical assistance to manufacture the vaccine.

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