Egypt reports 401 new coronavirus cases as numbers continue to decline

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 - 08:38 GMT

The ministry said 46 people died from the virus during the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 4,774.

Health Min.: Medicine provided to over 38,000 COVID-19 patients under house isolation

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 - 11:28 GMT

Health Minister Hala Zayed said medicine was given to 38,328 coronavirus patients under house isolation in various governorates from the end of May until Thursday, July 30.

Egypt ‘strongly participating’ in gloabl efforts to develop coronavirus vaccine: health official

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 - 11:23 GMT

This comes a month after the Egyptian Drug Authority earlier announced signing a deal with AstraZeneca to supply the country with the Oxford University's vaccine.

Egypt conducts research on Remdesivir, excluded Avigan from studies: top official

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 - 12:56 GMT

Essam’s remarks come shortly before the European Commission announced on Friday granting conditional approval for antiviral Remdesivir for coronavirus treatment. Egypt has already started to produce the drug.

Egypt starts producing Ebola drug Remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 - 09:23 GMT

Egypt’s 23-year old drug manufacturer Eva Pharma announced starting producing antiviral <b>Remdesivir</b> as the first expected therapy for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Reuters reported.