The first coronavirus vaccine in the world has been registered in Russia, the country’s President Vladimir Putin announced today morning. The vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center, has an official registration with the [ More … ]
A prominent Egyptian journalist, Mohamed Monir, who had been jailed on charges of broadcasting false news died of COVID-19 on Monday, raising fears that the coronavirus may be spreading undetected in Egypt’s notoriously crowded prisons. [ More … ]
Badrawy Private Hospital said the blaze was caused by an electrical fault in an air conditioning generator in intensive care unit A fire at Badrawy Hospital, a private hospital located northeast of the Egyptian coastal [ More … ]
The Egyptian Prime Minister had stated in a statement that the rise in numbers of COVID-19 deaths was due to the absence and “unpunctuality of some doctors”. The Egyptian Medical Syndicate on Tuesday decried remarks [ More … ]
A message leaked from the detainees in the infamous high-security Torah Prison-992, known as the Al-Aqrab “Scorpion” Prison has revealed that there are about 300 coronavirus infections among inmates amid complete negligence from the prison [ More … ]
The Egyptian regime fabricates death reason in official documents of COVID-19 deceased doctors to avoid considering them as “martyrs”. The Sisi regime has reportedly been fabricating reasons of death of deceased doctors written in the [ More … ]
Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Monday that the real numbers of infections in Egypt could be more than 100,000. During a presentation that showed modelled the spread [ More … ]
Egypt Medical Syndicate issued a statement accusing the ministry of health of full negligence for its crew, not availing tests kits or PPE! Some doctors started resigning already! The syndicate said if current measures continue, [ More … ]
The Egyptian opposition movement, Batel (VOID), said that it has started receiving reports of injuries and deaths due to the new Coronavirus in Egypt since May 3, noting that it has received “since this date [ More … ]
Egypt to deduct 1% of state employees’ income for one year amid coronavirus crisis. Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly approved on Wednesday a draft law cutting the net monthly income all of state employees by [ More … ]
The World Bank Group’s board of directors approved a $50 million loan to Egypt to finance emergency response activities related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Egypt has been eligible to receive $50 million loan, the [ More … ]
Doctors in Egypt struggle to get tested for Covid-19 amid massive increase in infection among them. With the increasing coronavirus infections among Egyptian medical teams, including doctors and nurses, last week, suddenly a series of [ More … ]
The Executive Board of the IMF approved Egypt’s request for emergency financial assistance of US$ 2.772 billion to meet the urgent balance of payments needs stemming from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the [ More … ]
Egyptian opposition figures at home have announced their complete rejection of the new loan that Cairo intends to obtain from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to face the economic repercussions resulting from the outbreak of [ More … ]
With no Fed swap line and depleting FX reserves, analysts say Turkey is running short on ammunition to defend the lira, Reuters Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak told investors on Wednesday that the country’s foreign [ More … ]
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