Arab Finance: Egypt has received the first shipment of the modified Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Sweden and France, according to a statement by the Egyptian Health Ministry on March 19^th.

The shipment comprises 599,040 doses of the modified Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and was delivered via the COVAX Facility in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI).

This shipment is part of a total of 2 million doses that will be delivered within a week, the ministry noted.

According to the ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the modified Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine efficiently adapts against coronavirus variants, including Omicron.

He added that the vaccine will be given as a booster dose to those who received previous doses of different types of vaccines.

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