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Published 23 Feb, 2021 05:20pm

Egypt gets Sinopharm vaccines donated by China

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.

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