Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 108 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 283,320. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 16,412 nationwide, after the ministry announced 9 deaths. And 234 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 219,525. Madbouly announced at the beginning of June that 2.5 million citizens have received a vaccine against COVID-19, out of Egypt’s population of 102 million. Egypt’s Prime Minister added that Egypt has also produced one million doses of coronavirus vaccines thus far.

File- Medical aid delivered by Egypt on military jets to Italy on April 4, 2020 amid COVID-19 crisis - Press PhotoCAIRO -10 July 2021: Upon directives from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Egypt will send two trucks carrying more than 31 tons of medical supply to Tunisia, which announced the collapse of its medical sector against fighting the coronavirus. In media remarks to El-Hikaya talk show on MBC Masr on Friday, Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed stated thatDr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health, said that President Sisi gave his direction on Thursday, expressing Egypt’s support to the Tunisian people. Spokeswoman for the Tunisian Ministry of Health Nesaf bin Ali told Radio Mosaïque FM, on Thursday, that the country's health system has collapsed as the intensive care departments are overwhelmed, while doctors are exhausted amid the rapid spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Two days ago, Tunisian President Kais Saied made a phone call to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, expressing Tunisia’s full support for everything that would preserve the Egyptian water security as an integral part of the Arab national security. The phone call comes in light of Tunisia’s current membership in the council.

CAIRO – 10 July 2021: Egypt will receive two million dozes of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the coming few days, announced Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed in media remarks on Friday evening. Shortly afterward, Egypt will receive other shipments of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine, besides shipments of the effective substance that needs for producing Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, she told El Hikaya talk show on the MBC Masr channel. The health “situation is safe in Egypt… we have reached the lowest level,” the minister said. “We have not detected cases of the Delta coronavirus variant, but this does not mean that it will not come. The Health Ministry said 127 new coronavirus cases were detected on Friday, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,864.

CAIRO – 11 July 2021: The Health Ministry said 212 new coronavirus cases were detected on Saturday, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,985. The number of recovered cases reached 217,756 so far after 432 were discharged, the ministry said. Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said the country is planning to locally produce 80 million vaccine doses by the end of the year to vaccinate 40 million citizens. Egypt already produced one million Sinovac doses as part of an agreement between the Egyptian holding company for biological products and vaccines (VACSERA). The state plans to vaccinate 40 million citizens by the end of the year, representing around 40 percent of the population.

AFP - Luis Diaz scored a sensational winner with virtually the last kick of the match as Colombia beat Peru 3-2 in Brasilia on Friday to finish third in the Copa America. It was a thrilling encounter that ebbed and flowed, with Yoshimar Yotun giving Peru a first half lead before Colombia captain Juan Cuadrado equalized early in the second period. "We're happy, it was important to finish by winning," said Cuadrado, whose side lost their semi-final on penalties to Lionel Messi's Argentina, who play Neymar's Brazil in Saturday's final. Colombia were back level just four minutes after the break as Cuadrado fired a free-kick through a disintegrating wall and past Gallese at his near post. Colombia's tails were up and Cuadrado's cross picked out man-of-the-match Diaz whose acrobatic overhead kick was parried over by Gallese.

(Reuters) - Bayern Munich speedster Alphonso Davies will miss the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup due to an ankle injury, Canada Soccer said on Friday. Davies, who suffered the injury during training earlier this week, has returned to German champions Bayern Munich to begin his recovery ahead of the new Bundesliga season. In his Gold Cup debut, a 16-year-old Davies won the Golden Boot as the top scorer and helped Canada reach the quarter-final for the first time since 2009. Through six international matches in 2021 with Canada’s national team, Davies has four goals and a team-best five assists. The Gold Cup is scheduled for July 10-Aug. 1 in the United States.

We can understand Yousr’s perception of the world through her love story with her husband and ex neighbor Khaled Selim. Yousra and Selim were separated after their childhood, but fate reunited them again to write their everlasting love story. The announcer asked, and Yousra replied, "There was no love or mind in it." Yousra, the girl whose life turned with a love story, tested it slowly, slowly, and lightly. She came to fix everything that preceded her, to make her the lady whose smile symbolizes life, love and hope.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Argentina’s 28 barren years without a major title will have no bearing on the outcome of their Copa America final against Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil coach Tite said on Friday. The two South American giants meet on Saturday at the Maracana stadium with Argentina’s long drought once again the major topic of conversation. The visitors have not won a major title since lifting the Copa America in 1993 and their top player Lionel Messi has never won a major trophy with the national side. “That’s the past, you can’t look at the past as a guide,” Tite said. “I know but I am not telling you,” he told a reporter, before adding, “we don’t neutralise, we reduce their actions.”

AFP - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has extended his contract until 2024, the La Liga champions announced Thursday. The Argentinian, who won the domestic double in 1996 with the club during a five-year spell as a player and arrived at Atletico as coach in 2011, has signed through until June 30, 2024. During Simeone's tenure as coach, Atletico have won eight titles, including two La Liga crowns (2014, 2021) and two Europa Leagues (2012, 2018), while the club has also lost two Champions League finals against Real Madrid (2014, 2016) in that time.

Egyptian Actress and singer Yousra has participated in a campaign for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/ AIDS, which sends a message to world leaders to completely eradicate the virus by 2030. She gave a speech at the beginning of the video, saying: “In order to be able to eradicate AIDS, we need to talk about it.”In addition to Yousra, a group of the most important international stars and public figures participated in the campaign, most notably: English musician Elton John, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Canadian filmmaker David Furnish, Global Health Ambassador, Stephanie Seydoux, and American actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph, and First Lady of the Central African Republic Brigitte Touadera as well as Winifred Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS. The video discusses various statistics on HIV infections around the world and its risks and damages over the past 40 years. Yousra is the Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa, in the United Nations Program for Disease Control. She works to combat stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV in the Arab region, in addition to her multiple contributions to spreading awareness of the culture of HIV prevention and encouraging those infected to receive treatment.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was briefed in a meeting on the details of a national project to be established in partnership between the petroleum sector and international company Bechtel regarding a petrochemical complex the Suez Canal, the largest of its kind in the region, at an investment value of about US$7.5 billion. On Thursday, Sisi received the chief executive officer of Bechtel Group Brendan Bechtel in the presence of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek al-Mulla, and Head of the General Intelligence Abbas Kamel. The Official Spokesperson for the Presidency Bassam Rady stated that Sisi welcomed Bechtel’s officials and stressed the depth of the cooperation and strategic partnership relations between Egypt and the US in all fields. He also stressed Egypt’s keenness to strengthen those relations between the two countries in a way that contributes to achieving common development goals. During the meeting the overall investments of the international company in Egypt, which extends for decades in several sectors, was reviewed.

As reported by the BBC, 4.9 billion cubic meters of water are enough to test both turbines. As a consequence, it will not be capable of reserving the planned 13.5 billion cubic meters in the current flood season. The maximum that can be held back is four billion cubic meters making the total amount in the reservoir just eight billion cubic meters. At first, the reservoir's capacity of the dam was set to be 11 billion cubic meters. That will leave nothing to Egypt and Sudan whose annual shares are 55.5 billion cubic meters and 18.5 billion cubic meters, respectively.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohamed Zaky met with several officers newly appointed to leading positions in the armed forces, reflecting the keenness of the General Command of the Armed Forces to communicate with leaders at all levels. Zaky conveyed congratulations from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, to commanders and officers for assuming their new positions, describing it as a major responsibility placed by the General Command of the Armed Forces on their shoulders in order to preserve their homeland. Defending the homeland and protecting its national security is a sacred task that requires constant combat readiness and building a force capable of facing challenges, Zaky said. The armed forces, with their individual combatants, combat capabilities and advanced weapons in all disciplines, are capable of deterring anyone who seeks to harm Egypt’s security, he assured. He recommended that commanders and officers continue to research and study in military and civilian knowledge that would help them perform their duties in an optimal manner, and adhere to military discipline and the principles.

Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir in a recent speech listed features of the monorail train currently being implemented in Egypt. Since he assumed the position of transport minister, Wazir said he ordered the development of mass transportation in all of Egypt – Cairo in particular – by using modern, advanced and environmentally means. Wazir explained the monorail is considered one of the most important means of modern transportation, with many features:-The monorail is an urban transport method which can work automatically without a driver. -Its external structure is made of aluminum, so that the weight of the train decreases and its speed increases. -It has screen doors were installed on the sidewalks in front of the train doors to maintain passenger safety.

CAIRO – 9 July 2021: Former First Lady Jihane El Sadat passed away Friday in one of Cairo's hospitals at the age of 87. Sadat was born on August 29, 1933 to Egyptian surgeon Safwat Raouf and English music teacher Gladys Cotteril. In 1949, she got married to late President Anwar al-Sadat, who was older than her by 15 years. At the time, he was a divorced man with three daughters, who were living with their mother in Menoufia governorate, his birthplace. Two weeks ago news came in that Jihane al-Sadat was admitted to hospital without her children officially disclosing the reason.