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Egyptian Health Ministry Affirms Availability of COVID-19 Medicine, Treatment Protocols

Egyptians wearing face masks against COVID-19 queue up to vote on August 11, 2020 for a new senate in an upper house election. | Khaled Desouki/ AFP
Egyptians wearing face masks against COVID-19 queue up to vote on August 11, 2020 for a new senate in an upper house election. | Khaled Desouki/ AFP
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Egyptian Health Ministry Affirms Availability of COVID-19 Medicine, Treatment Protocols

Egyptians wearing face masks against COVID-19 queue up to vote on August 11, 2020 for a new senate in an upper house election. | Khaled Desouki/ AFP
Egyptians wearing face masks against COVID-19 queue up to vote on August 11, 2020 for a new senate in an upper house election. | Khaled Desouki/ AFP

The Egyptian Health Ministry has affirmed that COVID-19 medicine and treatment protocols for quarantined cases are available, noting that there is no need for panic buying of medicines.

As many as 890 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 76,305 so far, according to a statement issued by the Health Ministry.

It added that 157 new coronavirus cases were registered, and 16 patients had died.

Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has followed up on the availability of drugs needed for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) under Egypt’s treatment protocol for the virus. Madbouly emphasized that he is constantly monitoring efforts to ensure the availability of drugs included in Egypt’s treatment protocol for the virus.

Dr. Hossam Al-Masry, medical adviser to the prime minister, said that the Medical Affairs Secretariat has been coordinating with the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) regarding medical supplies.

In August, the EDA has spent considerable effort to provide medical supplies related to the treatment protocol for the coronavirus. Masry added that these drugs have been made available by several pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Tariq Al-Rifai, director of the Unified Governmental Complaints System at the Council of Ministers, revealed that the System received more than 8,000 complaints and requests related to the health field during August.

For the fifth month in a row, the System continued to receive complaints of citizens and COVID-19 suspects and patients.

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Deadly Israeli Strike in Lebanon Further Shakes Tenuous Ceasefire

People spend time on a beach during sunset, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Tyre, southern Lebanon December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
People spend time on a beach during sunset, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Tyre, southern Lebanon December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Deadly Israeli Strike in Lebanon Further Shakes Tenuous Ceasefire

People spend time on a beach during sunset, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Tyre, southern Lebanon December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
People spend time on a beach during sunset, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Tyre, southern Lebanon December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Israeli forces carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, including a deadly strike that the Health Ministry and state media said killed one person, further shaking a tenuous ceasefire meant to end more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the truce. His defense minister warned that if the ceasefire collapses, Israel will target not just Hezbollah but the Lebanese state — an expansion of Israel’s campaign.
Israel also carried out an airstrike in Syria, saying it killed a senior member of Hezbollah responsible for coordinating with Syria’s army on rearming and resupplying the Lebanese militant group. Israel has repeatedly hit Hezbollah targets in Syria, but Tuesday's attack was a rare public acknowledgement. Syrian state media reported that an Israeli drone strike hit a car in a suburb of the capital Damascus, killing one person.

Since the two-month ceasefire in Lebanon began last Wednesday, the US- and French-brokered deal has been rattled by near daily Israeli attacks, although Israel has been vague about the purported Hezbollah violations that prompted them.
On Monday, it was shaken by its biggest test yet. Hezbollah fired two projectiles toward an Israeli-held disputed border zone, its first volley since the ceasefire began, saying it was a “warning” in response to Israel’s strikes. Israel responded with its heaviest barrage of the past week, killing 10 people.
On Tuesday, drone strikes hit four places in southern Lebanon, one of them killing a person in the town of Shebaa, the state-run National News Agency said. The Health Ministry confirmed the death, The Associated Press reported.

Asked about the strike, the Israeli military said its aircraft struck a Hezbollah militant who posed a threat to troops. Shebaa is situated within a region of border villages where the Israeli military has warned Lebanese civilians not to return, with Israeli troops still present.
Israeli forces fired an artillery shell at one location and opened fire with small arms toward a town, the news agency reported.
With Tuesday’s death, Israeli strikes since the ceasefire began have killed at least 15 people.

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah is supposed to withdraw its fighters, weapons and infrastructure from a broad swath of the south by the end of the initial 60-day phase, pulling them north of the Litani River. Israeli troops are also to pull back to their side of the border.