Egypt approves Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Oluwaseun Ogunniyi 12 mins ago Egypt has approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start later in January, the health minister said. ࢀœThe Egyptian pharmaceutical authority approved on Saturday the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine,ࢀ Hala Zayed said late Saturday, on the local MBC Masr channel. The first batch of the vaccine was delivered in December, with further doses expected this month. ࢀœThe second shipment of this vaccine is due to arrive in the second or third week of January, and as soon as it arrives, we will start vaccinations,ࢀ the minister…