As many as 545 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 229,712 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt will receive 148.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine as of August till the year end, Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Thursday. New quantities of China's Sinovac COVID-19 raw materials are to arrive in the country in August to manufacture 70.2 million jabs, she said. The new arrivals will also include 20 million doses of Sputnik vaccine, 20 million doses of Johnson &Johnson vaccine, 35.6 million of AstraZeneca and 2.4 million of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, she added. She noted that infection and death rates are remarkably declining in the country.

July 31, 2021 08:03 UTC

CAIRO – 30 July 2021: Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hamada el Sawi and his Libyan counterpart Al-Sadiq al-Sour signed a memorandum of understanding to promote cooperation between the two countries’ prosecutions. The MoU is concerned with strengthening cooperation to combat all forms of crimes, especially terrorism, transnational organized crimes, corruption, human trafficking and cybercrimes. The deal was signed during a meeting between the two top prosecutors in Cairo on Wednesday during a high-profile delegation visitation to Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hamada el SawiThe two sides also reviewed the structuring of the two prosecutions, management of their offices and visions to develop them. Both officials said speeches in which they offered to help each other regarding countering terrorism al illegal immigration. Egypt’s Hamada al-Sawi said that Cairo is welling to offer trainings to the members of the Libyan Public Prosecution.

July 31, 2021 05:37 UTC

YouTube Kids is an app built with families in mind, offering a range of parental controls to help parents customize their children’s viewing experience based on their needs. The app offers a range of content for children under the age of 13 along with parental controls to customize their children’s experience. Here are four of YouTube Kids’ most helpful features:1. Hand-pick contentParents can choose to select which videos, channels orcollections they want their children to watch on YouTube Kids. With Search off, your child can’t search for videos, and your child is limited to videos from a set of channels that have been verified by YouTube Kids.

July 30, 2021 21:45 UTC

(Reuters) - A crowd of up to 13,000 will be allowed to attend the Super Cup match between Chelsea and Villarreal at Belfast's Windsor Park, European soccer's governing body (UEFA) said on Friday. Champions League winners Chelsea will face Europa League holders Villarreal in the Aug. 11 clash, for which fans will be asked to show proof of a negative PCR or lateral flow COVID-19 test on entry. People from outside the U.K. will have to comply with border entry restrictions and requirements that will be in force during the match, with no exemptions for ticket holders, UEFA said. UEFA added that in case demand exceeds the number of available tickets, a random draw will take place and the number of tickets may be adjusted as per the latest decisions from the local authorities.

July 30, 2021 17:26 UTC

CAIRO – 30 July 2021: Twenty-two people, including children, were injured when a school bus belonging to the Evangelical School in Cairo overturned on the Cairo-Mansoura Road, Dakahlia Governorate, on Friday. A number of rescue and firefighting forces, besides ambulances, moved to the scene of the accident, according to a statement issued by the governorate. The statement added that 17 people of the injured have been discharged. Meanwhile, 5 patients, including two children, are still receiving treatment and two others are in intensive care. It went on to say that this progress is powered by the state’s steps to develop road and bridge sectors, and adopt road safety measures to reduce the number of injuries and deaths.

July 30, 2021 14:15 UTC





This came in a report presented by head of the Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ) ِAhmed el Attar to the minister. The exports were topped by citruses and potatoes, according to the CAPQ report.

July 30, 2021 13:07 UTC

The handball team ended the first half of its match with Sweden ahead, with a score of 13/9. Karim Hindawi “Katunga”, goalkeeper of the Pharaohs, showed brilliant skill after preventing many goals and maintaining the lead for Egypt. The national team began the match with strong attack pressure on the Swedish team and advanced with two clean goals. Egypt has achieved two victories so far against Portugal, Japan, and finally Sweden, and lost once against the world champion Denmark. Egypt is in the second group, alongside Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Japan, and Bahrain, while the first group includes Norway, France, Germany, Brazil, Spain, and Argentina.

July 30, 2021 12:11 UTC

In November 2020, Egypt proposed to host the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC in 2022, a decision that was taken at a difficult time when there was no manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines at that time. She further noted that every year, a certain region is chosen to host the conference, and in 2022, it will be the turn of Africa to host the conference. Egypt has submitted a letter to host the COP 27 and coordinated with the African group, the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) and the council of African environment ministers, she said. She cited Egypt's initiative to convert fuel-powered cars to natural gas vehicles (NGVs) or electric vehicles (EVs). The summit also aims at maximizing the co-benefits of a food systems approach across the entire 2030 Agenda and meeting the challenges of climate change.

July 30, 2021 11:48 UTC

Cairo-30 July 2021: Egypt men's handball team defeated Sweden 27-22 on Friday morning, booking a place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games for the first time since 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The Pharaohs dominated the game and outclassed their opponents to achieve Egypt's best ever victory over Sweden, the runner-up of 2021 World Cup. Egypt will take on Bahrain in the last game of the group stage, aiming for another victory in the competition to reach the quarter-finals as one of the top two teams of the group. After four games in the group, Egypt comes second with six points behind Denmark, who will face Portugal later on Friday. Tokyo Olympic Games is the 7th appearance for the Pharaohs.

July 30, 2021 11:15 UTC

CAIRO-30 July 2021: Yehia El Derea, Egypt's back, believes that the Pharaohs' win over Sweden on Friday is an important step for the team in the Olympic Games. "It’s a great, great feeling for this generation, for this team. It was a really strong game against a strong team. This is just the beginning for a good, great team.” El Derea said after the game. Egypt will take on Bahrain in the last group stage game and the Pharaohs aim to achieve another victory in the group ahead of the quarter-finals.

July 30, 2021 11:15 UTC

Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed Ramadan has yet again stirred more controversy, as he announced his latest artistic collaboration with Italian model, actor and singer Michele Morrone. Ramadan posted on Instagram a picture of himself and Morrone on Instagram with the caption: “Wait soon for a new music video with Michele Morrone.”Morrone is the hero of the famous Netflix movie “365 Days,” which includes scenes that have been classified as “pornographic.”Morrone commented on Ramadan’s post writing, “Habibi, my brother.”Most comments congratulated and welcomed the collaboration, however, a large number rejected it, citing the content of Morrone’s movie. Ramadan’s latest work was the song “Thabet,” which he recently released on his official YouTube channel. During the holy month of Ramadan in 2021, he starred in the drama series “Moussa” alongside actress Sumaya al-Khashab. The Egyptian superstar has a knack for stirring controversy through his social media photos and career decisions, the latest of which include posing with an Israeli artist in a photo and taking a picture in the cockpit of a plane.

July 30, 2021 10:38 UTC

Egypt’s Health Minister Hala Zayed announced that UNICEF has granted Egypt 63 refrigerators in which it can store doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. She explained that the units can store roughly 619,000 doses, with the Pfizer vaccine expected to arrive within days. Egypt will soon receive more raw materials for the Sinovac vaccine, enough to manufacture 70.2 million doses, in addition to 20 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine, 20 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, 35.6 million doses of AstraZeneca, and 2.4 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine. According to Zayed, the total number of vaccines that will be supplied from August until the end of the year will reach 148.2 million doses, which is enough to vaccinate 83.7 million citizens. Egypt has a population of 104 million and had announced in June that it had vaccinated roughly 2.5 million people.

July 29, 2021 13:52 UTC

As many as 331 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 229,167 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt will receive 148.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine as of August till the year end, Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Thursday. New quantities of China's Sinovac COVID-19 raw materials are to arrive in the country in August to manufacture 70.2 million jabs, she said. The new arrivals will also include 20 million doses of Sputnik vaccine, 20 million doses of Johnson &Johnson vaccine, 35.6 million of AstraZeneca and 2.4 million of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, she added. She noted that infection and death rates are remarkably declining in the country.

July 29, 2021 13:30 UTC

CAIRO – 29 July 2021: On July 29, many important events took place. Important world events:1870 - The first Egyptian National Library & Archives and its statutes were established, and a new page of Egypt's intellectual history began. 1937 - King Farouk is officially crowned king of Egypt. 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. 1958 - The establishment of the US space agency – NASA.

July 29, 2021 13:18 UTC

CAIRO-29 July 2021: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) issued a statement on Thursday announcing that the domestic league and cup matches, which was scheduled to start from 1 August will be postponed. The EFA statement added that the new schedule will be announced on Sunday, based on the result of Egypt's match against Brazil on Saturday in the quarter-finals. The EFA's decision followed the national team's success in the Olympic Games in Tokyo as the Pharaohs managed to secure a spot in the quarter-finals. The Pharaohs will face South American superpower and the defending champions Brazil on Saturday at Saitama Stadium. The winner of this clash will face the winner between Mexico and South Korea in the semi-finals.

July 29, 2021 12:45 UTC