Sinovac set to start making Covid-19 jabs in Egypt as China expands vaccine push
- Production line will begin operation soon, Chinese foreign ministry says
- Egypt has an agreement with Sinovac to produce the Chinese company’s vaccine domestically
During a telephone call with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri on Friday, Wang said China had always given priority to Egypt’s needs and tried its best to offer vaccine support, a Chinese foreign ministry statement said.
Sinovac’s production line in Egypt – the first instance of China working with an African country in vaccine production – would launch soon, the ministry said.
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Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed had said last month that the country would start to produce the Sinovac vaccine domestically this month, and the first 2 million doses would be manufactured at the plants of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (Vacsera).
“Vacsera will produce more than 5 million doses of Sinovac vaccine in two months, and 40 million doses within a year,” she said.
