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Articles of the author Reem Leila
Moving towards safety
In an effort to urge citizens to get vaccinated and help them register for the vaccine, a 10-day campaign was recently launched by the Ministry of Health. The mobile campaign, which tours the various governorates on buses, is an effort to expand the (...)

21 - 09 - 2021
'The treatment is within you'
Plenty of yellow billboards carrying the message "The treatment is within you" can be seen around Cairo these days. The same message is also being delivered in TV ads. Both are part of a campaign launched by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi to (...)

07 - 09 - 2021
Protecting the education sector
Unvaccinated employees in the education sector — including all public and private universities and schools — and students aged 18+, must be vaccinated against Covid-19 before the new academic year begins next month, according to directives by (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Thanaweya Amma woes
A total of 243,000 12th grade high school students are applying this week for places in public universities through the Office of Admission to Public Universities (Tanseeq). Scoring a minimum of 62.7 per cent for the science section and 58 per cent (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Redressing abuse
Law14/2021, which amends articles of the 58/1937 Penal Law to increase the penalties for sexual harassment, was ratified by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on 18 August. The changes, passed in July by the House of Representatives, stiffen the (...)

24 - 08 - 2021
Below average
Thanaweya Amma, or 12th grade high school results were announced on Tuesday, far below the average of past years, reports Reem Leila. Parents and students anxiously await the results of the Thanaweya Amma, a series of standardised tests that serve (...)

17 - 08 - 2021
Covid-19: Fourth wave warnings
Daily rates of Covid-19 infections are creeping up. They reached their lowest levels in March, when an average of 31 infections and four deaths were recorded. On Monday the figure had increased to 106 infections and six deaths, and the Ministry of (...)

17 - 08 - 2021
New Covid-19 vaccines available
On 9 August, the first batch of the US Johnson & Johnson's Janssen (JNJ.N) Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Cairo. The 261,600 doses received will be distributed between 126 vaccination centres, with priority given to people travelling abroad. Khaled (...)

10 - 08 - 2021
Still waiting for the shots
The Ministry of Health and Population is receiving complaints about the lateness of Covid-19 vaccination messages sent to applicants who have registered for the shots on the ministry's website. Mohamed Ahmed, 55, a businessman who registered on the (...)

27 - 07 - 2021
Sacrificial sukuk
As Eid Al-Adha (Greater Bairam) approaches, millions of Egyptian Muslim are preparing to celebrate with the centuries-long ritual of slaughtering cattle and sheep and distributing their meat among the needy. The ritual marks the Prophet Abraham's (...)

13 - 07 - 2021
Funding the treatment of genetic disorders
Last week, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi instructed the government to bear all the costs of treating children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic neuromuscular disease characterised by weakness and the wasting of the muscles (...)

06 - 07 - 2021
Getting tougher on harassment
Parliament's Legislative Committee on 27 June approved a proposal seeking to amend laws that would change the legal status of sexual harassment from a misdemeanour to a felony. The draft amended some provisions of the penal code promulgated by Law (...)

06 - 07 - 2021
National immunity
The Egyptian pharmaceutical company Pharco will begin production of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V before the end of the year. Egypt is also due to begin manufacturing the Chinese Sinovac vaccine locally and is in talks to manufacture the (...)

22 - 06 - 2021
Independent Teachers Union holds 4th general assembly, discusses education issues
The Independent Teachers Union held its fourth ordinary general assembly in Zamalek, on Friday, bringing together over 100 representatives from 15 Egyptian governorates and representing 15,000 union members. The meeting was held under the slogan (...)

12 - 06 - 2021
A different Thanaweya Amma
Grade 12 exams, known as Thanaweya Amma, will be held electronically, but there will also be a printed question paper available for students in order to avoid sudden technical problems that might arise, such as power cuts or problems that could (...)

08 - 06 - 2021
Targeting vaccine self-sufficiency
Making the Covid-19 vaccine at home to cover the needs of Egypt's population and export it to African nations is part of Egypt's strategy to contain the pandemic. On 21 May, Egypt received 1,400 litres of raw material required for manufacturing the (...)

25 - 05 - 2021
Gaza could face complete blackout if Israeli assault continues: GEDCO
Gaza Electricity Distribution Company's (GEDCO) spokesperson warned that a total blackout could take place within days in the Gaza Strip if no new fuel is brought in to power the last remaining turbine at Gaza's power plant. "The currently available (...)

17 - 05 - 2021
An abrupt end: What school year?
Mervat Eweis, a mother of two primary school students, breathed a sigh of relief when she heard of the minister of education's decision to end the school year in April. She described the abrupt decision as "wise, the best thing the minister has done (...)

04 - 05 - 2021
Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko visits Egypt for the first time
Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko is visiting Egypt to commemorate the first space flight by Russian pilot Yuri Gagarin, who was the first human being to travel to outer space. Kornienko is in Egypt to attend a ceremony on 9 April to celebrate the (...)

10 - 04 - 2021
'Wait and see'
Around 928,000 citizens have registered on the Ministry of Health and Population's Covid-19 vaccine website since registration opened a month ago and a total of 177,000 vaccines have been administered. "People must register on the site as soon as (...)

06 - 04 - 2021
Newsreel
More vaccination centres THE MINISTRY of Health and Population added 98 new vaccination centres across the country to accelerate the administration of the coronavirus shots. The decision comes after the ministry received a flood of complaints over (...)

30 - 03 - 2021
Amid the rubble
Twenty-five people were killed and around 25 injured when a 10-storey building collapsed in the East Cairo Gesr Al-Suez district. The structure, believed to be the oldest in the area, collapsed early morning on Saturday 27 March while residents were (...)

30 - 03 - 2021
Power to women
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has eased women's worries regarding a controversial draft personal status law. During a ceremony marking Egypt's Mother's Day on 21 March, the president confirmed the importance of supporting and empowering Egyptian (...)

23 - 03 - 2021
Locally produced vaccines
The government is currently in negotiations with China to obtain a licence to manufacture the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac locally, Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced during a joint press conference on 22 March with China's (...)

23 - 03 - 2021
Dangers ahead
More than 400,000 people have registered on the Ministry of Health's Covid-19 vaccination website. Since the vaccination campaign began on 4 March 1,141 people have received their first dose, according to the latest Ministry of Health figures. "The (...)

16 - 03 - 2021
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