Egypt doctor loses sight due to work stress amid coronavirus crisis
Doctor Mahmoud Sami, a specialist of infectious diseases at Bella Hospital, lost his eyesight while working in a coronavirus quarantine hospital. After a stressful day and working more than 12 hours in the quarantine hospital, Sami suffered from breathing difficulties and…
Egypt’s Health Ministry announces COVID-19 coexistence plan
The Ministry of Health has announced a preliminary three-stage plan for coexisting with the coronavirus (COVID-19). The plan includes visual and oral sorting and temperature measurements for all citizens before entering public buildings, metros and trains. Citizens will also be…
Central Bank: $17 billion of foreign capital withdrawn from Egypt
Rami Aboul Naga, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, revealed that some $17 billion of foreign capital has been withdrawn from Egypt due to the corona crisis. Aboul Naga pointed out that the peak of the exit wave was during…
Egypt receives new IMF loan
The Central Bank of Egypt announced that Egypt had received the $2.77 billion loan that the International Monetary Fund agreed to grant to Egypt through the rapid financing tool, to meet the repercussions caused by the coronavirus. The International Monetary…
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate criticises official coronavirus test protocol
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate called on both the President and the Minister of Health to change instructions issued by the infection control administration of the Ministry of Health regarding dealing with health care workers who come into contact with confirmed…
WHO: Egypt should perform more coronavirus tests
The World Health Organisation has called on Egypt for the second time to increase the number of coronavirus tests and have a unified methodology for doing so. Rana al-Hajjah, Director of Programmes at the WHO Regional Office, said that the…
Bloomberg: Egypt seeks to borrow $9 billion
Bloomberg has reported that Egypt is seeking more than $5 billion from the International Monetary Fund under a stand-by arrangement and $4 billion from other institutions. The borrowing would come in addition to the $2.8 billion received this week under…
Emergency Law Amendments: More powers handed to al-Sisi
8 Egyptian human rights organizations, in a joint statement, condemned what it described as the Egyptian government’s exploitation of the Corona pandemic as a justification for amending the emergency law. The new amendments to the emergency law gave more powers…
42 health care workers infected at Al-Azhar University Hospitals
Mahmoud Siddiq, Vice President of Al-Azhar University, said that 42 health-care workers at the Zahra University Hospital had been infected with the Corona virus, and the hospital had been completely close. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Zayat, a member of the Doctors ’Syndicate,…
Chinese workers in the new administrative capital return to Egypt
Cairo International Airport received a special flight coming from China, with 100 Chinese workers on the new administrative capital project, in preparation for the resumption of work in the city. Sources inside Cairo Airport revealed that the doctors have examined,…
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