coronavirus
Coronavirus crisis spells trouble for many Egyptian breadwinners
Egypt
April 7, 2020
Coronavirus crisis spells trouble for many Egyptian breadwinners
CAIRO (Reuters) – Squatting with other day laborers under a bridge in Cairo, 48-year-old Yasser Nagy says he has waited…
Online grocery services struggle to meet spike in demand
World
April 7, 2020
Online grocery services struggle to meet spike in demand
LONDON (AP) — A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services. In…
FIFA bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup
Middle East
April 7, 2020
FIFA bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup
(Reuters) – The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the only major scheduled football event left unchanged after this year’s calendar…
Joining coronavirus battle, Egyptian company produces up to 2,400 masks per hour
Egypt
April 7, 2020
Joining coronavirus battle, Egyptian company produces up to 2,400 masks per hour
The state-owned Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in al-Mahalla al-Kubra, Gharbiya governorate, on Monday began test runs of a new…
Suwaidi foundation to convert three hospitals into quarantine hospitals
Egypt
April 7, 2020
Suwaidi foundation to convert three hospitals into quarantine hospitals
The Executive Director of the Ahl Masr Foundation, Heba al-Suwaidi, announced that the Al-Suwaidi Foundation for Community Development has converted…
Renowned Egyptian businessman Mansour al-Gammal dies
Egypt
April 7, 2020
Renowned Egyptian businessman Mansour al-Gammal dies
Businessman Mansour al-Gammal died on Monday, his son Yahya announced. Sources said that he died of coronavirus. His death came…
Swimmer Farida Osman thanks Egypt for bringing her back amid outbreak
Egypt
April 7, 2020
Swimmer Farida Osman thanks Egypt for bringing her back amid outbreak
Egyptian international swimmer Farida Osman on Monday thanked the government for safely returning her to Egypt amid the spread of…
World short of six million nurses, WHO says
World
April 7, 2020
World short of six million nurses, WHO says
As COVID-19 captures global headlines, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the world needs nearly six million nurses.…
Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving COVID-19
World
April 7, 2020
Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving COVID-19
A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger…
Egyptian family of 5 recovers from coronavirus in Aswan
Egypt
April 7, 2020
Egyptian family of 5 recovers from coronavirus in Aswan
The spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population Khaled Megahed announced Monday that an Egyptian family of five…