Egypt receives vaccine doses via France
The AstraZeneca vaccine doses were delivered via the World Health Organization's COVAX initiative.
![An Egyptian medical worker administers a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) on March 4, 2021 in Cairo on the first day of vaccination in Egypt.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1231510212.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=4YTKA257)
Egypt has received hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses via the World Health Organization.
Health Minister Hala Zayed said Sunday that the delivery from the WHO’s COVAX program consisted of 546,400 doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine, according to a Ministry of Health and Population statement.