Minister of Supply and Domestic Trade Ali al-Moselhy instructed that mobile vehicles be dispatched to aid places affected by torrential rains in Aswan, according to the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Supply Ahmed Kamal. Kamal clarified that on Monday, the Egyptian Company for Wholesale Trade, affiliated with the Holding Company for Food Industries, in cooperation with the Aswan Directorate of Supply, deployed six mobile vehicles in the areas affected by torrential rains in Aswan, including Aboul Rish, Komombo, West Draou and al-Shallal, to provide food commodities to citizens in those places at great discounts. The Egyptian Company for Wholesale Trade will also dispatch on Tuesday more vehicles, Kamal said. The city of Aswan also spent a pitch-black night after a power outages due to power supply stations going out of service. The rains irritated scorpions out of their burrows filled with torrential water in the sandy areas surrounding several settlements by Aswan.

The six experts on the team from the International Atomic Energy Agency are to meet with Japanese officials and visit the Fukushima Daiichi plant to discuss technical details of the planned release, Japanese officials said. The team currently in Japan includes three IAEA officials and one each from South Korea, France and Russia. A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems, triggering the meltdown of three reactors. Japanese officials say the water must be removed to allow the decommissioning of the plant, and that its release into the ocean is the most realistic option. Controlled release of tritium from normal nuclear plants is a routine global practice, officials say.

So far, vaccines are still able to defend against serious disease and death from Delta, but scientists remain on alert. Here is what we know:DELTA – STILL DOMINANTThe Delta variant, first detected in India in December 2020, remains the most worrisome version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Delta is more than two times as contagious as previous SARS-CoV-2 variants, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People infected with Delta carry around 1,200 times more virus in their noses compared with the original version of the coronavirus. DELTA OFFSPRINGGiven Delta’s global dominance, many vaccine experts now believe that all future variants will be offshoots of Delta.

CAIRO - 16 November 2021: Presidential Adviser for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tag el Din said on Monday Egypt has all kinds of approved coronavirus vaccines enough for vaccinating all citizens. The decision on preventing unvaccinated civil servants from entering their workplaces has been issued after making sure that all kinds of vaccines are available, he reiterated. He explained that vaccinated citizens may be revaccinated since the coronavirus vaccines are effective for 6-9 months. The adviser noted that the peak of the fourth wave of Covid-19 has not been reached yet. The Health Ministry said Tuesday that 946 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt in the past 24 hours, upping the total number of cases to 344,907.

CAIRO - 15 November 2021: The fourth edition of the World Youth Forum ill be held Jan. 10-13, 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, and the registration window remains open for a month from Nov. 15. The National Training Academy said in a press conference Monday that WYF will take anti-coronavirus precautionary measures and practice social distancing. The forum was scheduled to be held in 2020 but was postponed sue to the corona virus pandemic, with this edition focusing on the repercussions of the Covid-19, as well as peace, development, and innovation. On the sidelines of the forum, WYF lab, WYF Theater, and Inspire. People in the age group 18-30 can participate as attendees or speakers from this link https://register.wyfegypt.com/Around 15,000 young men and women participated in the third edition of the World Youth Forum from 160 countries.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry meets with the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on November 15, 2021 in Cairo- Press photoCAIRO - 15 November 2021: European commissioner for home affairs Ylva Johansson said that the EU is ready to deepen cooperation with Egypt, with financial support, on migration in all its aspects. “Egypt is a key partner for the EU,” she added on her Twitter account after a meeting with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on in Cairo. Sameh Shoukry for the exchange today, including a detailed outline of regional #migration patterns. Egypt is a key partner for the EU. pic.twitter.com/XFdjSl1TQX — Ylva Johansson (@YlvaJohansson) November 15, 2021During the meeting, they discussed means of boosting cooperation between Egypt and the European Union in the field of immigration.

CAIRO – 15 November 2021: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received, Monday a phone call from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement. The talks tackled several issues, including bilateral relations and ways of boosting cooperation in the economic, industrial and energy fields. They also discussed the latest developments regarding the Dabaa nuclear power plant and the establishment of the Russian industrial zone in East Port Said. The Russian leader also stressed the importance he attaches to regular consultations with President Sisi on regional and international issues, the spokesman added. The phone talks also tackled files of bilateral relations and ways of boosting cooperation in the economic, industrial and energy fields.

CAIRO – 15 November 2021: The State Litigation Authority obtained an arbitration ruling before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in the Netherlands, in the lawsuit filed by the Bahraini Nile Duma Company against the Egyptian state. The statement of the State Litigation Authority stated that the arbitral tribunal rejected the requesting company's request to compensate it in the amount of $29.3 million in addition to the accrued interests, which saved the public treasury from bearing the aforementioned compensation amounts. The arbitration case lasted 5 years, and the State Litigation Authority was able to obtain a ruling rejecting the two cases. This ruling is the 15th issued in favor of the Egyptian state in the last 7 years in international arbitration cases and disputes before international arbitration bodies and foreign courts. The State Litigation Authority stated that it succeeded in saving the public treasury from paying it during that period, the equivalent of $6.215 billion, 410 million, and €2 billion and LE 4 million, which is the total value of investors' claims in those disputes.

Egyptian cinemas tore down posters for Marvel’s latest entry to its blockbuster cinematic universe the “Eternals”, which was scheduled to be released in cinemas earlier in November, after a decree by the Censorship Authority for Artistic Works banned the movie due to homosexual scenes. A source within the censorship authority said that the film-producing company refused to make amendments to the scenes that are considered inappropriate to Egyptian morals and opted to just ban the film. The Eternals sparked great controversy due to homosexual scenes between two heroes of the movie, as well as scenes where a god appeared and was addressed during the scene. Angelina Jolie, one of the film’s heroines, denounced the ban saying at a press conference: “I’m sad for [those audiences]. This happened with the 2004 movie “Brokeback Mountain”, which was screened in Egypt after cutting homosexual scenes.

The first phase of the clinical trial of an Egyptian-made vaccine produced with raw materials at the National Research Center started Sunday, announced Ministry of Health spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar. Abdel Ghaffar said that there was still a rise in the number of coronavirus infections across Egypt. The occupancy rate of ventilators is less than 30 percent, he added. Abdel Ghaffar stated that the number of those who received the first or second doses of coronavirus vaccine in Egypt is about 40 million people. He added that the Health Ministry aims for 40 million more people to receive two doses of the vaccine at the end of December.

CAIRO - 15 November 2021: The ministries, government bodies, and universities started on Monday implementing a decision taken earlier by the higher committee for the management of the coronavirus crisis under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli not to allow unvaccinated civil servants to enter their workplaces. The decision stipulates that non-vaccinated civil servants will have to undergo PCR tests every week otherwise they will be prevented from entering the workplace. In this regard, Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, accompanied by Cairo University President Mohamed el Khosht, inspected the university's gates and vaccination centers. Moreover, Local Development Minister Mahmoud Sharawi directed the governors to follow up daily the vaccination process of civil servants in the governorates. Also, Spokesman of the Agriculture Ministry Mohamed el Qersh told MENA that no unvaccinated civil servant has entered his workplace, adding about 10,000 doses had been administered to the ministry's staff.

CAIRO – 15 November 2021: Egypt has received 73 million doses of eight different coronavirus vaccines, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said on Monday. Egypt has received doses from the vaccines of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik V. This is in addition to the raw material for the production of Sinovac/VACSERA vaccine doses. Egypt has vaccinated almost 40 million people against coronavirus since the start of its vaccination campaign, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told media on Sunday. Egypt has set a deadline of 15 November for those working in the education sector as well as public sector employees. All those who have not received the vaccine will not be able to enjoy governmental services, Abdel Ghaffar said.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday approved giving the COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5 and 11. The Health Ministry decision follows approval by U.S. health authorities earlier this month to OK the vaccine for the same age group. Experts say Israel’s aggressive vaccination efforts have helped curb the spread of the coronavirus and bring a recent wave of the delta variant under control. But it has seen the coronavirus continue to spread among unvaccinated populations, including children. In a statement, the Health Ministry said its director general, Dr. Nachman Ash, accepted a recommendation from expert advisers to inoculate children with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

CAIRO – 15 November 2021: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry hailed the long-standing strategic ties between Egypt and the UAE. Shoukry's comments came during his meeting, Sunday with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the 12th session of the annual Sir Bani Yas Forum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said. Shoukry initiated the meeting with conveying President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's greetings to UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. On his side, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan lauded the UAE-Egyptian ties, confirming his country's support for the current development boom that Egypt witnesses at all levels. Shoukry participated in the 12th annual Sir Bani Yas Forum organized by the UAE Foreign Ministry under the auspices of Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sunday.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday reported 929 new coronavirus cases, 69 deaths, and 543 recoveries. A total of 343,026 cases have been disclosed in Egypt, this includes 19,435 deaths and 286,891 recoveries. Moreover, the Health Ministry has stated that official figures most likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. Egypt has thus far succeeded in providing all types of vaccines against the coronavirus, according to the directives of the political leadership. Taj Eddin explained that Egypt has diversified sources of obtaining vaccines, such as the Chinese vaccine, AstraZeneca, or Johnson & Johnson, as well as vaccines from the Global Vaccine Alliance.