Heatwave
Dates thriving during heatwave
Egypt
August 16, 2015
Dates thriving during heatwave
“Temperatures are perfect for dates to ripen,” said Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy, justifying the heatwave. According to Fahmy’s press statements: 1 -…
UPDATE: Death toll at 97 as Egyptian heatwave continues
Egypt
August 16, 2015
UPDATE: Death toll at 97 as Egyptian heatwave continues
The death toll for the current heat wave sweeping through Egypt has reached 97 since August 9, according to a…
Health Ministry: Death toll of heatwave reaches 87
Egypt
August 14, 2015
Health Ministry: Death toll of heatwave reaches 87
The Health Ministry announced the death of 11 of the heatwave on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths so…
Heatwave deaths cause rumors of disease outbreak
Egypt
August 14, 2015
Heatwave deaths cause rumors of disease outbreak
The notable increase in the number of deaths as a result of the heatwave caused the circulation of rumors about…
Some Cairo doctors suspect virus, not heatwave behind dozens of deaths
Egypt
August 13, 2015
Some Cairo doctors suspect virus, not heatwave behind dozens of deaths
As the Health Ministry says that 75 people had died of an inclement heat wave that started early August, doctors…
Official: Certain professions might be given vacation due to heatwave
Egypt
August 13, 2015
Official: Certain professions might be given vacation due to heatwave
Media Advisor to the Manpower and Immigration Ministry Haitham Saad Eddin said the minister was looking to giving workers in certain…
Fever hospitals declare state of emergency
Egypt
August 12, 2015
Fever hospitals declare state of emergency
Ashraf al-Etreby, the head of the Fever Hospitals' General Directorate, which is affiliated to the Health Ministry, has declared that…
Ministry denies meningitis epidemic
Egypt
August 12, 2015
Ministry denies meningitis epidemic
The Health Ministry has dismissed reports about cases of a meningitis epidemic as the country has recorded 61 deaths due…
Report: 61 die from heatwave since Sunday
Egypt
August 12, 2015
Report: 61 die from heatwave since Sunday
Since Sunday, 61 people have died from the debilitating heatwave that has swept through Egypt. The Health Ministry announced in a…
Four mental patients among 30 killed by heatwave
Egypt
August 11, 2015
Four mental patients among 30 killed by heatwave
Soaring temperatures in Egypt killed four patients at the al-Khanka pyschological hospital in Qalyubiya, north of Cairo, on Sunday. The victims…