Egypt Today Cairo International Airport received over 2.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX on Sunday. The shipment was delivered through COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) in cooperation with the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI). It contained a total of 1,501,110 Pfizer doses, 462,000 Moderna doses, …
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Egypt Independent “The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources signed a $1 Billion oil exploration agreement in the Gulf of Suez and Nile Delta with the Italian company ENI”, the Ministry confirmed in a statement on Friday. Under the agreement, ENI commits to “invest at least $1 Billion Dollars …
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Ahram Online The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) pledged support to Egypt, the host of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) next November, to “advance African priorities and reach concrete actions on global climate change”. The council urged the AU Commission to finalise an assessment …
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Egypt Independent “The total of administered vaccine doses in Egypt has amounted to 53,873,513, with a current vaccination rate of 353,130 doses a day”, an official report confirmed on Thursday. At a Cabinet meeting, acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar reported, “the total of those who received …
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Egypt Independent “Egypt will begin the manufacturing of Merck’s Molnupiravir COVID-19 treatment drug in the upcoming 45 days”, Egypt’s Presidential Adviser for Health and Preventive Affairs, Mohamed Tag al-Din announced on Wednesday. The Molnupiravir antiviral oral medicine was developed by Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD). It treats …
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Egypt Independent The Egyptian pound has maintained a stable exchange rate against the US dollar at several Egyptian banks on Wednesday. The US dollar’s exchange rate remained £E15.64 for purchase and £E15.74 for sale at both Banque Misr and the National Bank of Egypt (NBE). Traders recorded £E15.65 for purchase, …
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Egypt Today “According to the latest study, 254 babies are born every hour, which means at least 4 children are born every minute”, Khaled Maher, an Egyptian official at the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), said on Tuesday “18.2% of women are breadwinners. More than the half …
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Egypt Independent Direct charter flights between Madrid and both Cairo and Luxor, alternating weekly on Saturdays, will resume on 8 January, the British Airways owned Spanish ‘Iberia’ Airlines stated on Tuesday. “Following travel restrictions caused by the pandemic, Egypt is now one of the preferred tourist destinations. The decision comes …
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Ahram Online “Common cold-like symptoms are most prevalent among people infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant”. Preliminary data from a British study was cited by the Ministry of Health’s spokesman, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, on Tuesday. “The symptoms of the COVID-19 Omicron variant include a runny nose, headache, fatigue, sneezing, and a …
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Egypt Independent “36 ancient Egyptian antiquity pieces had been smuggled to Madrid in 2014 were recovered from the Spanish authorities,”, The Egyptian Public Prosecution announced on Monday. The Egyptian ambassador to Spain Youssef Mekkawi was accompanied by a delegation from the Egyptian Public Prosecution office visited the National Heritage Museum …
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