Published 04 Jan,2021 via Daily News Egypt - Egyptian private sector biotechnology company, Vaccine Valley, is on the way to producing the country’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The move comes as Egypt looks to be part of the international effort to produce a vaccine against the virus, through the scientific work of the National Research Center (NRC) in cooperation with Vaccine Valley.
Faried Al-Sayed, Quality Assurance Manager at the company, told Daily News Egypt that the potential vaccine will be called “COVID-Vac1”, and will be available for consumption by April or May.
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