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World
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International
11/4/2021 2:01:57 PM
Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck's coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. It is the first country to OK the treatment, although it was not immediately clear how quickly the pill would be available.
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Egypt
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Health
11/4/2021 10:05:00 AM
Egypt’s health ministry released on Wednesday a health passport application as an electronic alternative for the COVID-19 vaccination QR code certificate for use by travellers as well as locally.
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World
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International
11/3/2021 3:33:38 PM
The World Health Organization has granted an emergency use license to a coronavirus vaccine developed in India, offering reassurance for a shot the country's regulators authorized long before advanced safety and efficacy testing was completed.
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World
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International
11/3/2021 9:55:09 AM
The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said Tuesday in a move hailed by President Joe Biden as a "turning point" in the fight against the pandemic.
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Egypt
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Health
11/2/2021 8:18:50 PM
Egypt will vaccinate teens aged between 15 to 18 nationwide starting from Wednesday as the country is expanding its mass vaccination campaign against Covid-19, cabinet spokesman Nader Saad said on Tuesday.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/2/2021 1:01:00 PM
Anticipating a green light from vaccine advisers, the Biden administration is assembling and shipping millions of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11.
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Egypt
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Health
11/1/2021 2:20:20 PM
Cairo International Airport received on Monday a shipment of two million doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population said in a statement.
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Egypt
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Health
11/1/2021 10:54:40 AM
Egypt reported 933 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total infection tally to 331,017 since the outbreak in February 2020, reported the health ministry in its daily coronavirus update.
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Egypt
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Health
10/31/2021 10:47:57 PM
Egypt has received 72 million coronavirus vaccine doses since the start of its vaccination campaign, 38 million of which have already been administered to people, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, the higher education minister and acting health minister said.
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Egypt
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Health
10/31/2021 5:34:03 PM
Egypt received on Sunday its first shipment of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, comprising 784,280 doses, from Canada, according to statement by the Egyptian health ministry.
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Egypt
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Health
10/31/2021 3:42:48 PM
Egypt has spent $400 million (about EGP 6 billion) to purchase coronavirus vaccines from multiple sources and has administered over 35 million shots to 25 million citizens, the presidential adviser for health affairs said on Sunday.
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Life & Style
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Health
10/31/2021 12:53:20 PM
The technique could help save children's tears at doctors' offices, and help people who have a phobia of syringes.
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Egypt
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Health
10/31/2021 11:27:58 AM
Egypt reported 948 new coronavirus cases on Saturday bringing the total infection tally officially to 330,084 since the outbreak began in February 2020, said Health Ministry in its daily coronavirus update statement.
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Egypt
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Health
10/30/2021 10:52:38 PM
Cairo International Airport received on Saturday a total of 3,634,020 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from the US, the fourth and largest shipment of this vaccine to reach the country since late September.
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World
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International
10/30/2021 5:30:45 PM
Russia complained Saturday about lack of international recognition for its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine at a G20 summit, where leaders agreed to step up global inoculation efforts.
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World
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International
10/30/2021 3:54:39 PM
Italy's Premier Mario Draghi opened a conference of the world's powerhouse economies with a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap 'morally unacceptable'.
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World
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Region
10/30/2021 10:41:35 AM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. will donate 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to developing countries as part of efforts to share vaccines with countries that sorely lack them.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/29/2021 12:44:14 PM
Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Hamdy Loza said that the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines and the strengthening of the local pharmaceutical industry would greatly contribute to achieving the Africa-EU partnership goals.
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World
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International
10/28/2021 5:45:25 PM
The World Health Organization said Thursday its plan to secure and deploy vaccines, tests and treatments to combat the Covid-19 pandemic needed $23.4 billion over the next 12 months.
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Egypt
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Health
10/27/2021 7:38:14 PM
Two million Chinese coronavirus vaccine doses will arrive in Egypt "very soon," Chinese ambassador Liao Liqiang said at an online press conference on Wednesday.
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