The facility, which will cover an area of 2,800 square meters with a storage capacity of 150 million doses once finished, will also help Egypt achieve the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of its population by mid-2022, according to the Chinese ambassador.

Liao said this is another historic moment for the fruitful China-Egypt cooperation against the COVID-19 pandemic, and China will continue to strengthen healthcare cooperation with Egypt and make contributions to the wellbeing of the Egyptian people.