coronavirus (COVID-19)
Egypt expects decrease in budget surplus, increase in total deficit
Economy
May 5, 2020
Egypt expects decrease in budget surplus, increase in total deficit
Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait on Tuesday reviewed the expected effects of the coronavirus crisis on the state’s draft budget…
Egypt first among Middle East and Africa in trialing coronavirus cure
Health & Fitness
May 5, 2020
Egypt first among Middle East and Africa in trialing coronavirus cure
Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar announced that his country has conducted the most trial experiments…
Plane carrying 327 stranded Egyptians arrives in Marsa Alam
Egypt
May 5, 2020
Plane carrying 327 stranded Egyptians arrives in Marsa Alam
Egypt’s Marsa Alam International Airport on Tuesday received an airplane carrying 327 Egyptians, including 25 children and 37 orphans, who…
Egypt’s coronavirus isolation hospitals at maximum capacity: official
Egypt
May 5, 2020
Egypt’s coronavirus isolation hospitals at maximum capacity: official
Head of the Egyptian General Authority for Health Care and assistant to the Minister of Health Ahmed al-Sobky said on…
Palestinians extend coronavirus state of emergency to June 5
Middle East
May 5, 2020
Palestinians extend coronavirus state of emergency to June 5
RAMALLAH (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended to June 5 a state of emergency declared in areas under…
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave
Middle East
May 5, 2020
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon is set to extend its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus by two weeks until…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to participate in “Prayer for Humanity”
World
May 5, 2020
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to participate in “Prayer for Humanity”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will participate in the “Prayer for Humanity” on May 14, according to Guterres‘ official Facebook…
Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions
Middle East
May 5, 2020
Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said, lifting inter-city travel restrictions…
Coronavirus returns long-banned drive-in movies to Iran
Middle East
May 5, 2020
Coronavirus returns long-banned drive-in movies to Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The new coronavirus pandemic has brought back something unseen in Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution:…
Yemen’s south in turmoil after separatists’ self-rule bid
Middle East
May 5, 2020
Yemen’s south in turmoil after separatists’ self-rule bid
CAIRO (AP) — A bid by separatists funded by the United Arab Emirates to assert control over southern Yemen has…