Solid Sino-Egyptian health cooperation contributes to global prosperity: Egyptian official

CAIRO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The solid cooperation between China and Egypt, especially in the health field, will achieve the well-being of the two peoples and contribute to the global prosperity, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Health, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.

"China has supplied Egypt with COVID-19 vaccine products, either fully manufactured vaccines or raw materials for their manufacture inside Egypt," Abdel-Ghaffar told Xinhua.

"There are procedures in full swing to transfer manufacturing technology through vaccine factories in the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA)," he added.

In April, VACSERA inked a deal with the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech on creating a joint venture with a capacity of producing 2 million doses of vaccine per week. On July 18, the venture celebrated the production of the first 1 million doses of Sinovac vaccine.

China and Egypt have also exchanged shipments of medical and preventive supplies, in a move to boost their relations in the health field and achieve prosperity, decent life and public health in the two countries, said Abdel-Ghaffar.

Speaking about the opportunities for Egyptian-Chinese cooperation in providing COVID-19 vaccines for African countries, the Egyptian spokesman noted that cooperating with China to achieve prosperity in the African continent is one of the important goals of the Egyptian state.

"Everything that would lead to the prosperity of the African continent is a strategic goal for Egypt," Abdel-Ghaffar noted.