Egypt’s secret police arrest two researchers
State security forces have arrested the researcher Kholoud Sayed Amer from her family’s house in Alexandria last night. Despite the fact that forces said they were taking her to El-Montaza Police Station, when Kholoud’s mother went to the station they…
Egypt’s quarantine hospital protocol violates WHO guidelines
The Ministry of Health has published a brochure directed to the directors of quarantine hospitals in Egypt, which includes a working protocol for these hospitals. The protocol stipulated rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus – antigen – for all medical teams…
WHO: Egypt should perform more coronavirus tests
The representative of the World Health Organisation in Egypt, Dr. John Jabbour, has said that Egypt should increase the number of coronavirus tests and have a unified methodology for doing so. Jabbour stressed that the World Health Organisation always recommends…
Will the Egyptian regime lose by supporting Haftar?
Over the past few days the Libyan General Khalifa Haftar’s forces have suffered some serious losses. Haftar is supported by the Egyptian regime, in opposition to the internationally recognised forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA). Haftar’s forces, calling…
Egypt’s benefits and losses from the collapse of world oil prices
Many Egyptians received news of the falling oil prices with great happiness, expecting that this would mean tangible economic improvement at home. The Egyptians expected that the collapse of oil prices would be in their favour, given that Egypt is…
Egypt’s new budget: Subsidy cuts and increased tax revenues
The analytical statement of the Egyptian public budget project for the next fiscal year 2020/2021 revealed the abolition of electricity subsidies entirely, and the reduction of petroleum material subsidies by 46.8 per cent compared to the allocations for the current…
University exams cancelled due to coronavirus
The Supreme Council of Universities in Egypt announced the cancellation of the written and oral exams for the second semester of all colleges due to the spread of coronavirus in the country. The written exams were replaced by research theses…
Mosques continue to be closed in Ramadan
The Minister of Endowments, Mukhtar Jumaa, announced that there is absolutely no room for collective prayers during the month of Ramadan, including Tarawih prayers, stressing that mosques will be closed throughout the month. However, the spokesman for the Ministry of…
Health care workers in quarantine hospital send complaint to the PM
The Medical Syndicate has published a letter addressed to Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly summarising the complaints of the medical staff at Al-Ajmi quarantine hospital in Alexandria about mistakes made by the hospital administration which caused a number of doctors to…
Muhammad al-Baqir sends a message from inside prison
Neama Hisham, the wife of the arrested lawyer Muhammad al-Baqir, has published a letter he wrote inside Scorpion Prison. In the message al-Baqir assured his family of his conditions and health, and expressed his concern and fear for his elderly…
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