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Egypt to release effective COVID-19 drug within two weeks: Health Ministry
Egypt reports 1,566 new coronavirus cases on Monday, raising total infections to 66,754

Weekly statistics best indicator of Egypt’s COVID-19 situation: Health Ministry
Egypt records 1,547 new infections on Saturday, raising total to 53,758 cases with 14,327 recoveries

Health Ministry, Facebook join forces to encourage blood donation
Donors aged 18-65 to be notified directly on Faebook when there is a need for blood in their vicinity

Health Ministry keeps Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 treatment protocol, removes Tamiflu
Sufficient stock of medicines and medical supplies available at all quarantine hospitals in Alexandria, says Hala Zayed

Clinical trials using blood plasma in COVID-19 treatment successful: Health Ministry
Ministry has allocated five centres to receive donors across the country

Egypt still uses HCQ for treating some Covid-19 cases: Health Ministry
WHO temporarily halted anti-malarial’s trials on coronavirus patients following The Lancet warning on side effects

Health Ministry provides medical supply bags to suspected COVID-19 cases
Hospitals will distribute bags to those in direct contact with COVID-19 patients and those with slight symptoms

Health Ministry offers free COVID-19 tests for suspected cases
Covid-19 test costs EGP 1,000 for those who want to check on themselves showing no symptoms

Health Ministry urges retired medical staff to join coronavirus fray
Mental health support was provided to 420 COVID-19 cases at quarantine hospitals

Health Ministry announces instructions on caring for home-isolated COVID-19 patients
Stringent instructions include separating patients from the rest of the household and stringent cleaning measures

Health Ministry reveals COVID-19 coexistence plan details
Plan to be implanted over three stages, entertainment venues, cinemas, theatres to remain closed,

Health Ministry announces preliminary COVID-19 coexistence plan
The plan includes visual and oral sorting and temperature measurements for all citizens before entering public buildings, metro and trains.

Health Ministry evaluates new rapid PCR detection kit: El-Guindy
Egypt conducts over 2,000 PCR tests daily, has capacity to conduct more than 4,000

Novartis Egypt, Sandoz support Health Ministry against coronavirus
Novartis has also collaborated with the ministry to run Egypt’s first coronavirus awareness seminar in March, that brought together over 5,600 multi-specialty doctors to discuss the latest developments on the pandemic.

Novartis Egypt, Health Ministry collaborate in COVID-19 fight
Company commits to providing 130 million doses of hydroxychloroquine drug for treatment protocol

Egypt’s COVID-19 rates within expectations: President’s health adviser
Health Ministry reports daily record of 189 new COVID-19 cases

Health Ministry to manage burial of COVID-19 dead
Medical Syndicate denounces attempts to prevent burial of doctor died of coronavirus

Japanese antiviral added to Egypt’s Covid-19 treatment protocol: health official
Avigan used in Japan for new influenza strains, shows promise with coronavirus patients

Health Ministry launches mental health support hotlines during Covid-19 pandemic
Ministry has trained 150 specialists to provide mental health support remotely

Egypt’s coronavirus cases reach 576, recovery rate 28%: Health Ministry
Egypt now has capacity to conduct up to 200,000 tests, says WHO

27 out of 60 COVID-19 cases in Egypt have recovered: Health Ministry
Infected cases reach 121,098 globally until mid-Wednesday

Health Ministry announces first COVID-19 death in Egypt
Patient is 60-year-old German, spends only 7 days in Egypt

Health Ministry launches new family planning campaign for after birth care
Programme expected to increase use of family planning tools to 71.6% in 2030 from 58.5% in 2014

Health ministry launches four-day national campaign against poliovirus
The Minister noted that the campaign is on for four days in all governorates, under the vision of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, to promote public and community health that contributes effectively to achieving the sustainable development goals.

Health ministry denies inspecting Chinese restaurants over coronavirus outbreak
“No Coronavirus cases had been detected or suspected in Egypt,” says spokesperson

Egypt’s Health Ministry on alert after Chinese coronavirus outbreak
Chinese health authorities confirmed human-to-human transmission of virus

Health Ministry conducts 349,775 surgeries amid initiative to shorten patient waiting list
All surgeries and medications are offered free of charge

Health Ministry announces new operation unit to train doctors
New amendments aim to provide doctors with unprecedented training, educational benefits, says Health Minister

Health ministry scans 19 million people in ‘100m Health’ initiative
Over 7 million people were scanned in 2nd phase of initiative so far

Health ministry scans 1.2 million people in second phase of ‘100 million Health’ initiative
Two phases target 45 to 52 million people nationwide, to eliminate hepatitis C by end of 2020