ArabFinance: Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said that Egypt has received a new batch of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine granted by China, according to the ministrys statement.

The new batch of 300,000 doses arrived to Cairo International Airport early on Tuesday, February 23rd .

Currently, Egypt is finalizing the vaccination of medical staff at quarantine hospitals and will begin vaccinating high-priority citizens next week.

The registration on the ministrys website to take the vaccine will start next week.

Earlier, the health ministry in Egypt announced 623 new coronavirus cases, raising the total count to 178,774 since the pandemic started in 2020.

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