Egypt
Railway Authority operates five extra trains between Upper and Lower Egypt
Egypt
April 2, 2020
Railway Authority operates five extra trains between Upper and Lower Egypt
Starting Thursday the Egyptian Railways Authority began operating five additional trains to help mitigate crowding in trains between Upper Egypt…
Allowance for Egypt’s postgraduate trainee doctors rises to LE2,200
Egypt
April 2, 2020
Allowance for Egypt’s postgraduate trainee doctors rises to LE2,200
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait announced that the monthly allowance provided to postgraduate trainee doctors at university hospitals, affiliated to hospitals…
Egypt’s private airlines call for aviation minister to intervene amid coronavirus crisis
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Egypt’s private airlines call for aviation minister to intervene amid coronavirus crisis
CAIRO, March 31 (Reuters) – Egypt’s private airlines companies appealed on Tuesday to the civil aviation minister to intervene to…
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
Health & Fitness
April 2, 2020
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) – Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective…
Video: Protests in Gharbiya as villagers rally against quarantine
Egypt
April 2, 2020
Video: Protests in Gharbiya as villagers rally against quarantine
Villagers at al-Hayatem in Gharbiya governorate held a demonstration on Wednesday against their village being placed under quarantine banning entry and…
Egypt to enter coronavirus transmission stage 3 soon, cases will skyrocket: official
Egypt
April 2, 2020
Egypt to enter coronavirus transmission stage 3 soon, cases will skyrocket: official
The head of the Egyptian Cabinet’s Crisis Management Chamber Mohamed Abdel Maksoud anticipates that Egypt will enter the third stage of…
Egypt confirms six new deaths, 69 additional coronavirus cases, raising total to 779
Egypt
April 1, 2020
Egypt confirms six new deaths, 69 additional coronavirus cases, raising total to 779
Egypt on Wednesday confirmed six additional deaths and 69 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s number of confirmed total cases…
Egyptian engineer invents electronic disinfection gate
Technology
April 1, 2020
Egyptian engineer invents electronic disinfection gate
Haitham al-Badwihy, an engineer working in electronic gates, has invented a self-sterilizing gate that activates as soon as someone passes…
Photos: How coronavirus is impacting Egypt’s homeless
Features/Interviews
April 1, 2020
Photos: How coronavirus is impacting Egypt’s homeless
Among the crowds in Cairo’s Ramses Square, 15-year-old Karim Mohamed was looking for his friend. After several attempts, he couldn’t…
Egyptian doctor in the US dies of the coronavirus
Egypt
April 1, 2020
Egyptian doctor in the US dies of the coronavirus
US medical authorities on Tuesday announced the death of an Egyptian doctor working at a New York Hospital after contracting…