The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Egypt, Naima Al - Short, stressed that WHO was promoting the production and manufacture of anti-COVID

vaccines locally in Egypt, as a starting point for the distribution of these vaccines to the countries most in need in Africa, after Egypt had met its vaccine needs.

"The World Health Organization (WHO) is working hand in hand with the Egyptian Ministry of Health, not only to promote Faxera in the mobilization of vaccines, but also to prepare the Egyptian Medicines Authority, which has every skill to make, but by global standards."

"As an organization, we encourage the settlement of the vaccine industry, and the settlement of large cities such as the Egyptian Medicine City to be an essential seed not only for Egypt but for the continent of Africa, once vaccines are produced, they will be distributed to the countries most in need."

The World Health Organization (WHO) is following up with the Egyptian Ministry of Health on the production of the new Egyptian vaccine against the corona virus. "Work on the Egyptian vaccine has been going on for some time and today has reached the stage of clinical trials.

"First, Egypt will provide for its needs, especially as we speak of more than 100 million people, and then it will be exported to African and neighbouring countries."

The Egyptian Drug Authority announced last November the start of clinical trials on the Egyptian "Coffifax" anti - corona vaccine.