CAIRO - 15 March 2020: The Council of Arab Health Ministers welcomed on Monday a proposal submitted by Health Minister Hala Zayed to establish an Arab drug authority to facilitate legalization related to the registration of pharmaceuticals in the Arab countries. Zayed addressed the 54th Ordinary Session of the Arab Health Ministers Council held at the headquarters of the Arab League via videoconference with the participation of AL Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit and Arab health ministers, Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry's spokesman, said. The minister urged to rapidly allocate funds for the health systems in Somalia, Yemen, Palestine, and Lebanon. Johns Hopkins University on March 15, announced that the total number of coronavirus cases reached 119.848.281 million around the world. The fatalities of the pandemic reached 2.653.641 million cases.

Source: Egypt Today March 15, 2021 17:03 UTC