Published: March 28th, 2021,
Last updated: January 16th, 2023
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will begin production of the Chinese Sinopharm-vaccine next month. Drugmaker Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries PSC (Julphar) said yesterday that it had signed a contract to produce the vaccine starting April, Bloomberg reported. According to the statement, the UAE will be the first Gulf state to set up a coronavirus vaccine manufacturing plant. Supplies to the Middle East will also be boosted from there.