Month: April 2020

Cabinet approves 6-month leeway on tourism, private airlines utility payments

Stakeholders argue decision protects against lay-offs, hotel closures, others believe it neglects…

Nehal Samir

High online grocery orders growth due to COVID-19 measures: Noon

We demand exclusion of e-commerce companies from curfew, says Hendawy

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

UAE records highest number of new GCC COVID-19 infections Wednesday

Gulf state records 300 new cases, alongside Qatar at 153, Saudi Arabia…

Sarah El-Sheikh

Egypt’s Covid-19 precautionary measures extended 

Egypt reports 110 new cases, 9 deaths, raising total to 1,560 cases…

Fatma Lotfi

Egypt to apply WHO’s FCTC on illicit tobacco trade

The states participating in this protocol should be committed to the principles…

Bassant Mohammed

Emaar Misr donates EGP 10m to Egyptian government’s COVID-19 fight

The project aims to improve the living conditions of thousands of eligible…

Daily News Egypt

Environment Ministry allocates landfill cell to quarantined village’s waste 

Village is currently under isolation after several COVID-19 infections were detected

Daily News Egypt

COVID-19 sweeps through Africa infecting 10,800, killing 534 

Ethiopia declares state of emergency, whilst South Africa reports lack of PPE

Mohammed El-Said

Madbouly extends nighttime curfew to 23 April 

Ministerial wages to be 20% for three months to support irregular workers,…

Fatma Lotfi

FEI, Helwan University to produce 25,000 surgical masks for hospital staff

First day of production saw 1,500 pieces produced, says FEI chairperson

Daily News Egypt