World Insights: Cooperating with China, Egypt seeks to become COVID-19 vaccine self-sufficient, regional exporter World News


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CAIRO, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Monday celebrated the local production of the first 1 million doses of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, seeking to meet domestic demand and then export to other countries in the region. Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) and Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac signed two agreements in April to jointly manufacture the Sinovac vaccine in VACSERA's factory in the North African country. The first agreement enables the Egyptian side to obtain the expertise and technical assistance to produce the vaccine, while the second one gives the VACSERA the license to manufacture and...