Egypt’s health ministry says the country has received a 300,000-dose shipment of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine donated by China.

It was the third vaccine shipment received by Egypt. In December, it received 50,000 doses of Sinopharm and last month it got another 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to an AP report.

The shipment arrived hours after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi called Chinese President Xi Jinping, hailing the “mutual support” during the pandemic.

Workers offload pallets containing coronavirus vaccine 'Sinopharm' doses as they arrive from China at Cairo International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday. — AP
Workers offload pallets containing coronavirus vaccine 'Sinopharm' doses as they arrive from China at Cairo International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday. — AP

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