Coronavirus Pandemic

Egypt-China direct flights to increase soon, return to pre-pandemic level: Ambassador Liqiang

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 - 11:51 GMT

China’s Ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang said direct flights between the Egyptian and Chinese airports will increase soon so that they return to the pre-pandemic levels.

Sisi invites companies at 25th SPIEF to benefit from mega investment opportunities in Egypt

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 - 04:31 GMT

In a recorded speech on Friday, Sisi said the Egyptian government managed to advance the country’s legislative structure in order for Egypt to be able to attract more foreign investments.

Egypt’s average number of daily coronavirus infections, deaths hits 788, 12 respectively

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 - 05:44 GMT

In a statement, the ministry said the average number of daily recoveries reached 766 people after they received the required medical care, recording a total of 430,198 recoveries since the start of the pandemic.

Photos: Egypt’s 4th World Youth Forum holds preparatory workshops on water, pandemic ahead of opening session

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 - 08:53 GMT

The WYF, scheduled to be held in South Sinai’s Sharm El-Sheikh city from 10 to 13 January under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, is expected to see a huge attendance from youth as well as key officials and leaders from around the world.

Commissioner Várhelyi renews EU’s commitment to support Egypt’s efforts against pandemic

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 - 09:08 GMT

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi reiterated the EU’s commitment to support the Egyptian response to the coronavirus pandemic, state’s news agency MENA reported.

Egypt’s Sisi offers condolences to India over Covid-19 Victims

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 - 04:31 GMT

India records more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases daily for nine days in a row, bringing the total number of infection cases since the spread of the virus to more than 18 million cases.

Coronavirus vaccination centers in Egypt operate on holidays

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 - 12:29 GMT

Employees in the public and private sectors will take five days off, from 29 April to 3 May, to celebrate different paid national holidays, as per a Cabinet decision.

COVID-19 daily briefing: Egypt records 1,003 coronavirus cases, 59 deaths in 24 hours

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 - 11:28 GMT

The ministry stated that the total number of infections that was registered in Egypt thus far is 226,531cases, including 170,008 cases that have been cured, and 13,278 deaths

Egypt’s recovery rates of COVID-19 reaches 82.1% at isolation hospitals

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 - 02:32 GMT

Ministry of Health announced, Wednesday that the recovery rates from Coronavirus pandemic at isolation hospitals hit 82.1 percent, after the total number of recovered cases have reached 111,040.

International Monetary Fund urges Egypt to proceed with monetary policy, successful reforms

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 - 10:24 GMT

Georgieva said the Egyptian state acted “very swiftly” once the coronavirus pandemic started to protect people and therefore protect the economy.

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