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Egypt Reports First 3 Cases of Omicron

An employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in front of Egyptian national flag at the State Council headquarters in Giza, Egypt October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
An employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in front of Egyptian national flag at the State Council headquarters in Giza, Egypt October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Egypt Reports First 3 Cases of Omicron

An employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in front of Egyptian national flag at the State Council headquarters in Giza, Egypt October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
An employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in front of Egyptian national flag at the State Council headquarters in Giza, Egypt October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt reported its first three cases of the new coronavirus variant Omicron, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

"Two cases are not showing any symptoms, while the third suffers mild symptoms," the Ministry said.

Last month, Egypt suspended direct flights from and to southern Africa after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Covid-19 variant to be "of concern."

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry said that 901 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours, upping the total number of confirmed infections in Egypt since the beginning of the outbreak to 372,599.

In a statement, spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghafar said 31 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 21,234.

As many as 695 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 310,049, the spokesman said.

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Nasrallah’s Bodyguard Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Iran, Hezbollah Says

A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)
A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)
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Nasrallah’s Bodyguard Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Iran, Hezbollah Says

A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)
A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)

The head of security to slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike while in Iran, a Hezbollah official said Saturday.

Abu Ali Khalil, better known as Abu Ali Jawad, was killed after he went to Iran from neighboring Iraq, the official said.

For many years, Abu Ali was seen behind Nasrallah during most of his public appearances.

After Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut suburb in September, his bodyguard was put in charge of his tomb in Beirut.

The Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the airstrike that killed Abu Ali occurred earlier Saturday.