pandemic
Starting Sunday, LE 50 instant fine for those without face masks
Egypt
January 2, 2021
Starting Sunday, LE 50 instant fine for those without face masks
Egypt’s metro, railway, and public transport sectors will begin on Sunday issuing an instant fine of LE50 to passengers without…
France’s COVID curfew-busting rave finally busted
World
January 2, 2021
France’s COVID curfew-busting rave finally busted
An illegal New Year’s rave in northwestern France has been broken up by police, some 36 hours after it began, Interior…
Photos | Egyptians ring in the new year despite surge in COVID-19 infections
Egypt
January 2, 2021
Photos | Egyptians ring in the new year despite surge in COVID-19 infections
In the face of a vicious second wave of coronavirus, hundreds of Egyptians defied the government’s precautionary measures against the…
UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
World
January 2, 2021
UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London…
Egypt has 4 coronavirus strains with different symptoms, warns official
Health & Fitness
January 1, 2021
Egypt has 4 coronavirus strains with different symptoms, warns official
The head of the chest department at Qasr al-Ainy Hospital in Cairo University, Ayman al-Sayed Salem, said that Egypt now contains…
Warm shisha pipes a giveaway of COVID rules breach in London
Middle East
January 1, 2021
Warm shisha pipes a giveaway of COVID rules breach in London
LONDON (Reuters) – Police in London burst in on about 50 people smoking shisha pipes, watching football and playing loud…
Egypt confirms 1,418 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 138,062
Egypt
January 1, 2021
Egypt confirms 1,418 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 138,062
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed 1,418 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s tally up to 138,062, ministry spokesperson Khaled…
Israel’s virus surveillance tool tests its democratic norms
Middle East
January 1, 2021
Israel’s virus surveillance tool tests its democratic norms
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance…
California has nation’s 2nd confirmed case of virus variant
World
December 31, 2020
California has nation’s 2nd confirmed case of virus variant
California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus,…
Israel marshals supplies in dash for full vaccination of at-risk groups
Middle East
December 31, 2020
Israel marshals supplies in dash for full vaccination of at-risk groups
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is carefully husbanding supplies as it races to vaccinate all vulnerable citizens by late January and push…