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Second coronavirus case confirmed in NZ
Date: 2020-03-04 08:20:10 GMT - New Zealand - International - SN:3 - ID:8338476
A second case of coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said as quoted by CNN. The patient is a woman in her 30s who recently returned to Auckland from northern Italy. She is a New Zealand ....
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1,832 suspected COVID-19 cases tested negative in Egypt: Health minister
Date: 2020-03-04 08:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8338434
Around 1,832 suspected cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) tested negative for the deadly virus in Egypt, as of January till today, Health Minister Hala Zayed said. In a statement released on Tuesday, Zayed added that just two foreigners were ....
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Awqaf min. says only qualified candidate to represent ministry
Date: 2020-03-04 06:33:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8338313
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said on Tuesday that his ministry would not allow any of its employees to represent it unless he has the required qualifications. In a statement to MENA, Gomaa added that the selected candidate will not be ....
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Chinese amb. to Egypt lauds Egyptian support to Chinese in combating coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-03 09:57:47 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:8337031
Chinese Ambassador in Cairo Liao Liqiang asserted that China and Egypt are partners and true friends, lauding Egypt's support to Chinese efforts to combat COVID-19. This came in an article published in China Daily newspaper where Liao said that ....
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China's COVID-19 death toll reaches 2,946 since disease outbreak
Date: 2020-03-03 07:12:31 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:8336768
Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 125 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 31 deaths on Monday on the Chinese mainland. All the deaths were in Hubei Province, according to the National Health ....
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UN special envoy to Libya resigns
Date: 2020-03-03 07:11:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8336767
International efforts to broker a Libyan ceasefire have been plunged further into chaos by the unexpected resignation of Ghassan Salamé, the UN special envoy to the country. Salamé’s move, amid UN-led talks in Geneva, is an admission that he has ....
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PM follows up Health Ministry's efforts in dealing with foreign-COVID-19 patient
Date: 2020-03-03 06:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8336697
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli reviewed on Monday a report of the Preventive Medicine Sector of the Health Ministry about its dealing with the foreign-COVID-19 patient and testing people who were in contact with the confirmed case. Alaa Eid, ....
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Moushira Khattab elected CEO of Kemet Boutros Ghali knowledge hub
Date: 2020-03-03 05:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8336684
Former minister of state for family and population Ambassador Moushira Khattab has been elected CEO of Kemet Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge. The foundation's board of trustees unanimously selected Khattab as the next CEO in ....
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Arab League chief says Ethiopia’s withdrawal from Nile dam talks “unacceptable”
Date: 2020-03-03 05:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8336678
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said Monday that Ethiopia’s withdrawal from the negotiations on the controversial dam it is building on the River Nile is unacceptable. This is an international issue connected with a transboundary ....
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Pope Tawadros II receives head of Austrian National Council
Date: 2020-03-02 16:03:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:8336227
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Monday received President of the Austrian National Council Wolfgang Sobotka at the papal headquarters in Cairo. The visit of Sobotka and his accompanying delegation is part of ....