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    Date: 2020-03-30 07:11:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8375055

    -- AL AKHBAR: - Sisi chairs ministerial meeting to follow up measures taken to contain coronavirus * Sisi decides raising allowance for medical professions by 75% * Total cost of allowance hit EGP 2.25 bn * Exceptional bonuses for staff ....

  • Egypt/Press/Headlines

    Date: 2020-03-30 06:54:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8375039

    CAIRO, March 30 (MENA) - Following are the major headlines in Egypt's local press: -- AL AHRAM: - Sisi: Combating coronavirus requires mutual support, collective awareness among Egyptians * Sisi decides to increase allowance for medical ....

  • MENA Agenda for Monday, March 30

    Date: 2020-03-30 06:02:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8375009

    CAIRO, Ministry of Culture displays a show for "Les Petits Chats" or "Little Cats" musical band, a well-known Egyptian rock band that was popular in the 1970's and 1980's of the twenty century as part of the ministry's electronic initiative called ....

  • Egyptian businessman donates $100k for Tahya Misr Fund

    Date: 2020-03-29 20:43:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:8374893

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - An Egyptian businessman, living in the US, donated $100,000 for the Long Live Egypt (Tahya Misr) Fund, the Ministry of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs said in a statement Sunday. This came during a ....

  • Sisi directs govt to increase medical professions' allowance by 75 pct

    Date: 2020-03-29 19:03:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:8374747

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has directed the government to increase the allowance for medical professions, including physicians working at university hospitals, by 75 percent at a total cost of EGP 2.25 billion. The ....

  • Egypt confirms 33 new coronavirus cases, death toll rises to 40

    Date: 2020-03-29 18:37:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:8374776

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said Sunday 33 new coronavirus cases were detected, all of them are Egyptians, who were in contact with other positive cases. This upped the total number of confirmed cases to 609, Khaled Megahed, the ....

  • Egypt mobilizes efforts to draft int'l plan to respond to COVID-19 consequences

    Date: 2020-03-29 18:00:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:8374619

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) – Egypt has made consultations with senior officials from the United Nations and ambassadors of a number of the UN member states to draft an international response plan to counter the repercussions of the novel coronavirus. ....

  • Armed Forces continue sterilization operations in Cairo over COVID-19

    Date: 2020-03-29 16:23:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:8374504

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - The Armed Forces' General Command on Sunday directed relevant specialized departments to disinfect and sterilize downtown Cairo's Attaba Square, el Mosky district, the main Post Office building and Opera Square and its car ....

  • Tayyeb urges citizens to abide by COVID-19 precautionary measures

    Date: 2020-03-29 15:41:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:8374454

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb has called on citizens to abide by precautionary measures announced by the state to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). During a meeting with a number of Al Azhar leaders via video ....

  • 20 Egyptians trapped in Tunisia by coronavirus outbreak back home

    Date: 2020-03-29 14:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:8374452

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - Twenty Egyptians returned home from Tunisia on Sunday aboard a plane operated by Tunisia's flag carrier "Tunisair". The plane is expected to carry a number of Tunisian expats, stranded in Egypt due to the coronavirus ....

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