Egypt has approved the use of the Sputnik V and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, a month after the North African country kicked off its inoculation campaign.
The drug body had “provided emergency authorization for the use of the two vaccines, Sputnik V, and AstraZenec imported from South Korea.
The country’s pharmaceutical agency had previously given emergency authorization for the Chinese Sino pharm vaccine and the AstraZeneca jab produced in India and marketed under the name Covishield.
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