Tag Archives: COVID-19

Ahram Online “Egypt will donate 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries”, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced the pledge at the Africa Health ExCon conference in Cairo on Sunday. The initiative will be fulfilled in coordination with the African Union. Sisi expressed readiness to cooperate with African nations in different …

Egypt Independent The World Health Organization has expressed concern in relation to the sharp decline in the number of COVID-19 tests. The remarks were made at a press conference at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday. Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged the world to …

Egypt Today Discussions on joint manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine were took place on Sunday at a meeting between Egyptian acting Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and Cuban Ambassador to Egypt Tania Aguiar Fernandez. The officials reviewed areas of possible cooperation in healthcare and scientific research. Abdel Ghaffar confirmed that …

Egypt Independent “Daily average COVID-19 infections during the last week reached 124 cases, while daily death toll averaged at six new deaths”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health revealed on Saturday. COVID-19 patient recoveries have so far reached 444,002 as daily recoveries averaged around 260. The National COVID-19 vaccination campaign fully …

Egypt Today Amid global concerns of an emerging COVID-19 variant XE the Egyptian Ministry of Health called on all Egyptians to register for their COVID-19 vaccines and boosters when invited by the Ministry via SMS messages. On Tuesday, spokesman of the Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar called on “everyone who is …

Egypt Today Authorities at Cairo International Airport began easier entry requirement for international arrivals on Sunday. The new measures scrapped the requirement to fill a hard copy of a declaration form. Authorities encourage arrivals to register on (www.visitegypt.gov.eg) to obtain an approval, QR code, code to enter Egypt. In addition, …

Egypt Independent “The average number of daily COVID-19 infections over the past week reached 400 cases, while daily fatalities averaged at seven new cases”, The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population revealed on Saturday. Ministry spokesman, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said, “the average number of daily patient recoveries reached 532 last week. …

Egypt Today A shipment of 1,501,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses was received at Cairo International Airport on Wednesday night from the United States. “The shipment was delivered via the COVAX Facility in cooperation with the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI)”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health said in a statement. “Last week, Egypt …

Egypt Independent “The average number of daily COVID-19 infections the last week hovered around 559 cases, while confirmed daily deaths marked at eight Nationwide”, the Ministry of Health and Population announced on Saturday. A statement by the Ministry revealed that “the average daily number of COVID-19 recoveries reached 565 last …

Egypt Independent The Supreme Committee for the Management of the Epidemiology and Pandemic Health Crisis in Egypt agreed on Sunday to ease several of the COVID-19 restrictions during Ramadan. The decision allows the opening of mosque’s event halls, performing the lesson of al-Asr, the Taraweeh prayers in major mosques and …