Egypt Receives 1, 842, 750 Pfizer Vaccine Doses on Sunday

Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, charge d'affair of the Minister of Health, announced that Egypt received 1, 842, 750 Pfizer vaccine doses on Saturday.

The shipment is granted by the United States through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Abdel Ghaffar highlighted that Pfizer is authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA).

The two-dose vaccine is considered the only one that would be used in vaccinating school students aged 15 years old.

In addition, it is the only vaccine that has been authorized for children by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Last month, the ministry received the third shipment of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, comprising 1.4 million doses donated by the United States, bringing the total to 4.6 million.

"This shipment is a part of more than 8 million Pfizer vaccine doses the United States is sending to Egypt as we work side by side to fight the pandemic," the ministry said in a statement.

The shipments are part of 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the US to the African Union countries through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX).

Egypt’s first Pfizer vaccine shipment arrived in the country from the US late in September, while the country received two other patches in Last November and mid-January.