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Starting Sunday, LE 50 instant fine for those without face masks
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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