They haven’t even settled on a name for it: long Covid, post-Covid, long haul, post-acute Covid or chronic Covid. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines long Covid as health problems that last four or more weeks after a Covid-19 infection. As of July, the US government determined that long Covid could be considered a disability under the Americans with Disability Act. A study published in January says one thing that might help people with long Covid is to get vaccinated if they hadn’t already. The best way to avoid long Covid, doctors say, is to keep from catching Covid-19 in the first place.

April 06, 2022 17:05 UTC

No Prime Minister has ever completed a full five-year term. Last Sunday, Pakistan’s information minister said Khan will continue with his responsibilities under the rules of the constitution. But his future as Prime Minister will depend largely on the Supreme Court ruling and whether an early election can go ahead. In this scenario, an early election could go ahead anyway. Still, Surya Deva, a professor at Macquarie Law School in Sydney, said Khan’s move for an early election could backfire.

April 05, 2022 20:31 UTC

CAIRO - 5 April 2022: Agriculture Minister el Sayyed el Quseir said on Monday that Egypt exported 11 shipments of honey bees to Saudi Arabia (about 10,456 parcels) after a ban imposed on exporting honey bees to Saudi Arabia was lifted. He praised efforts made by the General Organization for Veterinary Services to meet the demands of the Saudi side to resume exports of honey bees to the Gulf country. Egypt achieved self-sufficiency of honey bees five years ago, the minister noted. The ban on importing Egyptian bees in Saudi Arabia has been lifted after a meeting between the directors of the Plant Quarantine in the two countries. Egypt also invited a Saudi technical committee to the country to select and uphold apiaries that apply to export bees to Saudi Arabia.

April 05, 2022 12:19 UTC

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered that the Nasser Institute Hospital be converted into a scientific research center and an integrated medical city. The president called for comprehensive development of the Nasser Institute to raise its capacity, increase the efficiency of its infrastructure and ensure its medical services are sustainable, Rady said. Abdel Ghaffar presented the development plan of the Nasser Institute which involved adding new buildings for internal and pediatric diseases, outpatient clinics, a genetic disease research center and laboratory, as well as an airstrip and river ambulance service and the expansion of the oncology building. The president also instructed the establishment of a permanent headquarters in the new administrative capital of the Imperial College London. Rady explained this would contribute to the academic link between mathematics and emerging technologies, and the development of the software industry and cybersecurity in Egypt.

April 05, 2022 11:20 UTC

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He added that there is no specific percentage in the distribution of losses. The collapse began in October 2019 and has thrown more than 75 percent of the country’s population into poverty. The same political class blamed for the decades of corruption and mismanagement that led to the crisis did almost nothing to help Lebanon out of the crisis. Banks imposed informal capital controls, which deprived people of access to their savings. Lebanon began talks last year with the International Monetary Fund, which stalled without progress amid political differences between rival groups, and then resumed the talks in January.

April 04, 2022 20:09 UTC

(CNN) – Some 130 people have been killed and more than 3,000 have been forcibly displaced this year as violence has surged in eastern Colombia, according to the United Nations and the Catholic Church. More than 20 people were killed in those clashes, according to a spokesperson from Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office. HRW also accused Venezuelan armed forces of conducting joint operations with ELN guerrilla fighters against FARC dissidents in the border area in early 2022, contributing to the violence in the region. “Members of the Venezuelan forces are not just being tolerant to ELN abuses, they are participating in joint military operations where the guerrillas do the ‘dirty work’,” Pappier told CNN. FARC and ELN started fighting each other in Arauca and the neighboring Venezuelan state of Apure in 2006.

April 04, 2022 18:19 UTC

The arrival of tourists at Hurghada International Airport in the Red Sea from Europe increased on Saturday with the beginning of April to enjoy the bright sun and spring holidays, coinciding with the decline in COVID-19 infections and easing of travel restrictions. The schedule of flights arriving at Hurghada Airport revealed that 104 regular and charter flights arrived from various European airports, which carried about 15,000 tourists within 24 hours. And in a remarkable development, a number of agents working in the Russian tourism market in Hurghada said that Biblio-Globus, the largest Russian company, announced the return of its tourist flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh airports, starting from Sunday, after stopping last month due to the Russian-Ukrainian war. Flights to Hurghada from Zhukovsky Airport on Boeing 777-200 start from April 3 to April 10, and two flights will be operated per week, and flights to Sharm el-Sheikh from Zhukovsky will operate twice a week until the end of the month. Biblio-Globus indicated that flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh are available for reservations in May, with departures on Russian flights from Moscow every day, and the cost of tourist trips in Sharm el-Sheikh with departure is 84,000 rubles for accommodation in a four-star hotel, and 92,000 rubles for accommodation In a five-star hotel.

April 03, 2022 16:58 UTC

CAIRO – 3 April 2022: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered to exempt thee Sudanese expats in Egypt from fines or fees for delaying the renewal of their residence permits, said Sudanese General Consul to Egypt Ahmed Adly Imam in a statement on Sunday. The Consul continued that the Sudanese community in Egypt has been given a six-month period to rectify their residential status. Egypt is hosting more than four million Sudanese people, said Al-Burhan in a press conference with President Sisi on March 30, 2022. “Our duty is not to allow anything to hat disturb the eternal relations between Egypt and Sudan. We went through a transitional period in Sudan, but it faltered due to international interventions, the absence of political forces and many conflicts.” Burhan said.

April 03, 2022 11:37 UTC

The Head of the Suez Canal Authority in Egypt Osama Rabea announced Saturday that navigation statistics for the canal during the first quarter of 2022 recorded a remarkable increase in the number and tonnage of ships transiting the waterway, which has not been impacted by the Russian-Ukrainian war. He added that navigational reports during the first quarter of this year monitored a significant increase in the transit rates of various types of ships compared to the same period last year. General cargo ships recorded an 18.1 percent increase, and tankers increased by 6.5 percent. Rabea added that navigational reports during the first quarter of this year detected a significant increase in transit rates of various types of ships compared to the same period last year. The number of cruise ships passing through the canal doubled compared to the same period last year.

April 02, 2022 21:06 UTC

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced Friday that coronavirus vaccination units and centers will be working daily in two shifts, from nine until three pm, and from seven pm until 10 pm. The spokesperson for the ministry Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said that the ministry has so far received 150 million doses of eight different coronavirus vaccines, and noted that Egypt was the first country in Africa to enter the safe zone for vaccine providing. Egypt did not witness a shortage of medicines or medical supplies during the pandemic, he assured. Abdel-Ghaffar noted that the number of hospitals designated to isolate coronavirus patients was reduced, in conjunction with the decrease in the number of infections due to expanded campaigns for vaccination. Egypt was able in a short time to provide all coronavirus vaccines, including Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Sputnik, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Moderna, as part of the state’s plan to diversify and expand the provision of coronavirus vaccines.

April 02, 2022 21:06 UTC

CAIRO – 2 April 2022: Private tuition will not be beneficial to students in Thanaweya Amma tests beginning June 11, 2022, whether they will be internet or paper-based, official sources at the Ministry of Education told Youm7 Thursday. Thanaweya Amma is the high school national exam system that has been plagued with private tuition for decades. Private tuition, which is not by any means for students who are sturggling, is a major business for teachers, and the demand is so huge that the number of students in a private class may reach 60, signaling the failure the educational system. Meanwhile, the government has recently demanded that teachers pay taxes for their informal work. Today, the sources say that the kind of questions and the evaluation will be different, and that students should rely on various sources of learning such as the Knowledge Bank and other learning platforms.

April 02, 2022 18:05 UTC

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) opened the historical and sacred Imam Hussein (AS) Mosque in Old Cairo Governorate after it was closed for two weeks for restoration and maintenance work. It was opened on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Egypt. Minister of Endowment Mukhtar Gomaa confirmed that the rituals of the first Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan on April 8, 2022 AD, will be held at the Imam Hussein Mosque. The ministry added that some religious activities and ritual events are being prepared to be presented during the holy month. The famous mosque was originally constructed in 1154 and was reconstructed in 1874.

April 02, 2022 16:11 UTC

President Sisi on Friday phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz to greet him on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, wishing him and the Saudi people peace and stability. For his part, King Salman thanked President Sisi for his greetings and wished more progress and prosperity for Egypt and its people. The President congratulated him on the holy month of Ramadan, wising him, the UAE people, and the Arab and Islamic nations blessing of security and stability. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed expressed his sincere gratitude to President Sisi and wished Egypt and its people all progress and prosperity. Over another phone call, President Sisi talked with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain.

April 02, 2022 12:06 UTC

CAIRO – 1 April 2022: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz to greet him on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. During the phone call, President Sisi wished peace and stability for the Saudi government and people. For his part, King Salman thanked President Sisi for his greetings and wished more progress and prosperity for Egypt and its people. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, greeted Egyptians, Arab nations on Friday on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. May God protect Egypt and its people”, President Abdel Fattah al SisiTunisian President Kais Saied greeted Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, Thursday on the occasion of the holy Month of Ramadan.

April 02, 2022 03:26 UTC