Egypt Warns against Non-Compliance with Heath Precautions

A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine to give to an elderly man, at Al-Nozha Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP)
A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine to give to an elderly man, at Al-Nozha Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP)
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Egypt Warns against Non-Compliance with Heath Precautions

A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine to give to an elderly man, at Al-Nozha Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP)
A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine to give to an elderly man, at Al-Nozha Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP)

The Health Ministry in Egypt continues to deploy teams to the beaches to raise awareness about the coronavirus risks, amid warnings from parliament against non-compliance with health precautions.

The teams have been dispatched to the northern coast amid a rise in vacationers in the region.

The teams have been tasked with encouraging people to respect preventive measures against communicable diseases, as well as briefing people on the services provided by the Health Ministry.

The teams have also been handing out face masks and hand sanitizers to the people.

The Ministry stressed it was continuing its efforts throughout the country to combat the coronavirus and other infectious diseases.

Despite a drop in infections, the coronavirus is still present in Egypt, warned head of the parliamentary Health Committee Dr. Ashraf Hatem.

The Health Ministry said Sunday night that 39 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total in the country to 284,024.

As many as 122 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 227,612, it added.

Six more patients have died from the virus in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,487.



WFP: Major Food Aid 'Scale-up' Underway to Famine-hit Sudan

FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa
FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa
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WFP: Major Food Aid 'Scale-up' Underway to Famine-hit Sudan

FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa
FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa

More than 700 trucks are on their way to famine-stricken areas of Sudan as part of a major scale-up after clearance came through from the Sudanese government, a World Food Program spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in conflict since April 2023 that has caused acute hunger and disease across the country. Both sides are accused of impeding aid deliveries, the RSF by looting and the army by bureaucratic delays.
"In total, the trucks will carry about 17,500 tons of food assistance, enough to feed 1.5 million people for one month," WFP Sudan spokesperson Leni Kinzli told a press briefing in Geneva.
"We've received around 700 clearances from the government in Sudan, from the Humanitarian Aid Commission, to start to move and transport assistance to some of these hard-to-reach areas," she added, saying the start of the dry season was another factor enabling the scale-up.
The WFP fleet will be clearly labelled in the hope that access will be facilitated, Reuters quoted her as saying.
Some of the food is intended for 14 areas of the country that face famine or are at risk of famine, including Zamzam camp in the Darfur region.
The first food arrived there on Friday prompting cheers from crowds of people who had resorted to eating crushed peanut shells normally fed to animals, Kinzli said.

A second convoy for the camp is currently about 300 km away, she said.