Egypt establishes largest coronavirus vaccine factory in Middle East - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rasha Mahmoud

Rasha Mahmoud

Sep 10, 2021

Laboratory workers supervise the production of vials of China's Sinovac vaccine against the coronavirus, produced by the Egyptian company VACSERA, Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2021. — Laboratory workers supervise the production of vials of China's Sinovac vaccine against the coronavirus, produced by the Egyptian company VACSERA, Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2021. — Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images

A vial with Russia's new coronavirus vaccine is seen prior to a vaccination of a volunteer in a post-registration trials, Moscow, September 10, 2020. - Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named "Sputnik V" after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in 1957, had already received approval. The vaccine was developed by the Gamaleya research institute in Moscow in coordination with the Russian defence ministry. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKO

Russia pushes COVID-19 vaccine in Egypt

Azza Guergues

An Egyptian health worker checks samples at a drive-through coronavirus-testing center at the Ain Shams University in Cairo on June 29, 2020. - Egypt has so far registered 65,188 COVID-19 cases including 2,789 fatalities. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt eyes coronavirus vaccine production

Hagar Hosny

A policeman holds a stop sign in an almost deserted avenue in the Jordanian capital Amman, during a lockdown due to the coronavirus panemic, on February 26, 2021. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan reinstates partial lockdown as coronavirus deaths spike

Osama Al Sharif

Osama Al Sharif

An employee of a Syrian pharmaceutical factory shows packs of the hydroxychloroquine drug in the government-controlled city of Homs, Syria, April 28, 2020.

First pharmaceutical factory opens in Syrian opposition area

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb