Egypt to receive Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses
Only around 6% of Egypt is vaccinated against COVID-19, though confirmed cases remain relatively low.
Egypt will receive American vaccine doses on Saturday to help boost its sluggish vaccination effort.
A shipment of 525,600 Johnson & Johnson doses will arrive via the African Export-Import Bank. It follows a previous delivery of 261,000 doses in August, the state-owned Al-Ahram news outlet reported.
Unlike other two-shot COVID-19 vaccines, the Johnson & Johnson vaccination is delivered via a single shot.
The Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank procured 220 million Johnson & Johnson doses in March for African countries. The African Union was also involved in the agreement, according to a press release.
