CAIRO - 21 January 2022: It is recommended for pregnant women or those who are planning to become pregnant to receive the Coronavirus vaccine to prevent the risk of infection, said Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, on Thursday. In November 2021, Abdel-Ghaffar said that Egypt has not taken a decision on vaccinating pregnant and breastfeeding women against COVID-19 yet. Egypt is witnessing a rise in the number of infections with the Omicron mutant, said Abdel Ghaffar on Friday evening. “Omicron infection is predominant in Egypt,” he added in comments to Al Hekaya talk show on MBC Masr channel. The Acting Minister continued that headache, soar throat and difficulty in swelling food are the most common symptoms associated with Omicron, adding that and there is a similarity between Omicron symptoms and influenza.

CAIRO – 21 January 2021: Egypt’s Health Ministry warned citizens against people claiming to be affiliated with the ministry to trick people into revealing their personal information. The Health Ministry warned citizens that such phone calls seek to use their personal data to exploit people or blackmail them. On Sunday, Acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt has managed to secure around 132 million coronavirus vaccine doses in 1,393 vaccination centers. Abdel Ghaffar said the country has so far provided about 60.5 million vaccine doses to citizens in addition to half a million third booster shots. Children of the age group 12-15 have got 206,000 vaccine doses, while those of the age group 15-18 got about 1.4 million shots, Abdel Ghaffar added.

AFP- Jurgen Klinsmann rates Robert Lewandowski as the best Bundesliga striker of the modern era with the Bayern Munich star poised to inflict more misery on struggling Hertha Berlin this Sunday. Lewandowski retained his FIFA's "The Best" male player title on Monday, two days after chalking up his 300th Bundesliga goal in Bayern's 4-0 thumping away to Cologne. "There is no doubt Robert is the best striker the Bundesliga has seen in the modern era," Klinsmann, who won the 1990 World Cup with West Germany, told AFP in a video conference. Key stats:66 - the record number of consecutive Bundesliga matches in which Bayern has scored including last Saturday's win at Cologne. 15 - goals Lewandowski has scored in 20 matches against Hertha for Bayern and ex-club Dortmund.

Requirements and controls for entering Egypt will be amended through quarantine departments at airports, seaports, and land crossings starting Saturday, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and acting Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, announced. The step comes in light of the developments in the epidemiological situation of the coronavirus globally, he added. If the traveler tests positive in an Antigen test is that they will self-isolate for five days in the residence hotel, and a PCR test will be conducted on the sixth day. Abdel Ghaffar stated that the ID NOW COVID-19 test has been suspended for people coming from the countries of South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini. If they test positive, an ID NOW test will be conducted to confirm the Antigen test result.

EgyptAir will launch, on Saturday the first envirinmentally friendly services on flight 799 which takes off from Cairo to the French capital, Paris. It will to be the first flight of its kind for an airline on the African continent. A flight logo was designed to be placed on all products and materials used during the flight, reading the “Green Service Flight” logo. On the occasion of launching the first, EgyptAir offered 40 percent discount on this flight, from Cairo to Paris. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a single passenger via a short or long-term flight produces about 1.43 kilograms of waste.

FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File PhotoCAIRO - 21 January 2022: Egypt 667,100 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Belguim and Germany via COVAX in cooperation with GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation), said Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the Health Ministry spokesman in a statement on Friday. Egypt received, on January 8, 2022, a shipment of one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Argentina on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On December 31, 2021, Egypt received a shipment of 347,460 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via the COVAX Facility. On 16 January 2022, Egypt received 3 million doses of Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine, provided by the US, through COVAX in cooperation with GAVI Alliance.

Military leaders have said that the right to peaceful protest is protected and have commissioned investigations into the bloodshed. In a statement, Sudan’s ruling council affirmed the need for national dialogue, a technocratic Cabinet, and adjustments to a transitional constitutional document negotiated after the ousting of former leader Omar al-Bashir in a 2019 uprising. The document formed the basis for a power-sharing arrangement between the military and civilians that was halted by the coup. In response, the head of the judiciary said in a statement that the ruling sovereign council must do the utmost to prevent violations. It is unusual for Sudan’s judges and prosecutors to make public statements about the conduct of the security forces.

Former Egyptian Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei shed light on the wealth tax imposed on the wealthy after ten people gained huge wealth amounting to US$1.5 trillion in two years after the pandemic. “100 billionaires and millionaires are proposing to impose a progressive global ‘wealth tax’ to confront severe inequality, ranging from 2% and 5% on those with wealth of $5 million or more. In a separate tweet, ElBaradei said: “Millions in our Arab world suffer from hunger and misery as a result of armed conflicts. “The wealth tax is already applied in a number of countries such as Switzerland, Argentina and Colombia, and it is being discussed in other countries. When the wealth of ten people increases in the two pandemic years by $1.5 trillion, then there is inequality.

Warmer temperatures are predicted in South Sinai and southern Upper Egypt, and very cold temperatures at night nationwide. It will reach the point of frost on central Sinai as snow forms on the heights of central Sinai. On Sunday, January 23, wind will be active in areas of Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northern coasts and northern Upper Egypt intermittently. Light to medium rain is predicted in areas of the northern coasts and Lower Egypt at intermittent intervalsOn Monday, January 24, active wind is predicted on areas of the northern coasts, South Sinai, and southern Upper Egypt at intermittent intervals. Light to medium rain is predicted in areas of the northern coasts and the northern Delta, intermittently.

The public also needs to come to terms with the idea that some deaths from COVID-19 ”will be inevitable,” Tranche said. The strategy has been nicknamed “flu-ization” of COVID-19 by Spanish media, although officials say that the systems for influenza will need to be adapted significantly to the coronavirus. Their access to vaccines and robust public health systems are the envy of the developing world. Official statistics put at 95% the share of the British population that has developed antibodies against COVID-19 either from infection or vaccination. For some other European governments, the idea of normalizing COVID-19 is at odds with their efforts to boost vaccination among reluctant groups.

The second agreement with Pharos Energy aims to inject investments in research, development and production of crude oil in the Fayoum region in the Western Desert. From the two agreements, Egypt aims to increase crude oil production rates, in light of the agreement to pump more investments in a number of concession areas, and to use the latest technologies applied in the fields of research, drilling and production to increase reserves and oil production in those areas. In December, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources signed a new agreement with the American company Apache. The agreement commits Apache to spend a minimum of $3.5 billion in research, exploration, development and production in the concession areas in the Western Desert of Egypt. A few days earlier, Egypt signed another agreement with the Italian company Eni, worth $1 billion.

CAIRO - 20 January 2022: Egypt and South Korea signed four cooperation agreements in various fields on Thursday, during South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Egypt. After holding a bilateral meeting between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his South Korean counterpart, both presidents have witnessed the signing of the agreements. A document between the governments of Egypt and South Korea regarding a 251-million-dollar loan from the EDCF to upgrade the Egypt-Luxor-High Dam railway. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Egyptian Presidential Palace, Al-Ittihadiya, on Thursday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Egypt on Wednesday in an official visit that lasts until Friday as part of a Middle East tour that included UAE and Saudi Arabia.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills on Friday, a public relations official from Iran’s armed forces told semi-official ISNA news agency on Thursday. The “2022 Marine Security Belt” exercise will take place in the north of the Indian Ocean and is the third joint naval drill between the three countries, Mostafa Tajoldin added. Since coming to office last June, Iran’s hardline President Ebrahim Raisi has pursued a “look east” policy to deepen ties with China and Russia. read moreForeign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian visited China last week and Iran’s president was meeting his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Thursday. China, Russia and Iran started joint naval drills in 2019, and will continue them in the future, Tajoldin said.

On Thursday, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received, at the Ettihadeya Presidential Palace, President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in in an official reception ceremony, where the two national anthems were played in the presence of the guards of honor. On Wednesday evening, Jae-in arrived at Cairo International Airport on the first visit of a South Korean president to Egypt in nearly 16 years. Jae-in‘s visit to Cairo, which will last until Friday, comes as part of a tour of the Middle East that includes the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The visit of the Korean President Jae-in is the first by a Korean president in 16 years, the Korean ambassador to Cairo Hong Jin-wook, said, adding that the Korean president’s visit to Egypt aims to follow up on existing projects and also discuss future projects between the two countries.

(Reuters) - Argentina have left Lionel Messi out of their squad for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia as the Paris St Germain forward continues his recovery from COVID-19 infection. The twice World Cup winners and current Copa America champions have qualified for the finals in Qatar and sit second in the 10-team South American group. The 34-year-old Messi was omitted from Argentina’s 27-man squad after not playing for PSG since Dec. 22 against FC Lorient in French Ligue 1. Messi spent the festive period in Argentina before testing positive for COVID-19 and trained separately from his team mates on his return to Paris. Argentina are away to Chile on Jan. 27 and host Colombia on Feb. 1.