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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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.
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The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped the lives of school-aged children across the country. Yara Ahmed, 10, who misses her school, schoolmates, and teachers, said that she "never thought I'd miss school, but I do. It has been hard for me not to see (...)
Egypt on Thursday began its Covid-19 vaccination programme for the elderly and those with chronic illnesses who registered with the Ministry of Health's designated website.
The number of people getting the vaccination on the first day was 1,141, (...)
The first seven surgical operations in Ismailia governorate under the umbrella of the new Universal Health Insurance (UHI) system, from a cesarean delivery to treating a fractured thigh bone, have taken place at the Ismailia Medical Complex.
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Minister of Education Tarek Shawki this week announced the details of the first and second semester exams during the Covid-19 pandemic. Regarding the first semester's final exams, Shawki said students of KG1 until grade three will not sit for any (...)
The first phase of a national project aimed at improving living conditions and creating job opportunities for more than 5,000 poor villages nationwide was launched last week.
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi who spearheaded the project instructed the (...)
Minister of Education Tarek Shawki issued a ministerial decree on 20 January allowing unlimited foreign ownership of international and private schools in Egypt. According to the decree, schools must be owned by a company registered in Egypt.
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Members of the medical staff of Abu Khalifa Quarantine Hospital in Ismailia governorate were the first to get the Covid-19 vaccine in Egypt. The vaccine is produced by the China National Pharmaceutical Group Sinopharm.
Hala Zayed, the minister of (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi instructed the government to launch the second stage of the Decent Life initiative designed to provide better living conditions for 18 million people living in the poorest 1,381 villages all over Egypt. The government (...)
Egypt is expecting new batches of Covid-19 vaccine, Sinopharm from China and Oxford/AstraZeneca, to arrive by the end of this month.
As soon as the batches arrive, the ministry will start calling on the public to take the vaccine which will be (...)
The National Council for Women (NCW) along with Egypt National Railways (ENR) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) put their hands together to make Egypt's railway network safer for female passengers. The trio agreed to (...)
Sexual harassment has been endemic in Egypt for decades with 99 per cent of Egyptian females experiencing harassment and violence at least once in their lifetime, according to the findings of a UN study, reports Reem Leila.
One of the biggest (...)
Just like many parts of the world, Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on Egypt's healthcare system. When the pandemic was at its peak in April and May, a shortage of intensive care beds and ventilators was a common problem. Non-governmental (...)
The cabinet approved amendments to Article 28 of Education Law 139/1981on regulations of ThanaweyaAmmaexams.
The amendments coincide with Egypt's plan for sustainable development, part of Egypt's Vision 2030 which focuses on improving the quality of (...)
UN Women recently issued a report on the impact of Covid-19 on the increasing percentage of violence, whether domestic or public, against women.
Titled “Impact of Covid-19 on violence against women and Girls in Arab states through the lens of women (...)
The number of new daily coronavirus infections in Egypt is on the rise, reaching 370 on Monday with 14 deaths, bringing the country's total death toll to 6,650. While the government keeps urging people to stick to social distancing and other (...)
Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced this week that 16 million citizens have been tested as part of the presidential initiative to treat chronic diseases and detect nephropathy in its earliest stages. Nephropathy is a disease of (...)
For the second week in a row the world received good news on the Covid-19 vaccine. On Monday, US company Moderna announced it has developed a Covid-19 vaccine with an efficiency rate in excess of 94 per cent. The news arrived hot on the heels of (...)
Health officials have assured the public that Egypt will be among the first countries to get the Pfizer vaccine once it is fully approved. Pfizer, the US multinational pharmaceutical corporation company, in collaboration with Germany's BioNTech, (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on 31 October inaugurated the King Salman University in Sharm El-Sheikh, one of the national projects for the development of the Sinai Peninsula. The university has two branches in the city of Tor and Ras Sedr, with a (...)
