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Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Covid-19 presser tops coverage + Afghanistan evacuees land in Cairo

Covid-19 was once again the top story on the nation’s talk shows last night after Health Minister Hala Zayed’s epic presser yesterday, at which she announced the entry of the delta variant into the country, the availability of Egypt-made Sinovac as of today, and a possible vaccine requirement for accessing large gatherings. Among those who took note: Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 15:19) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 2:01).

El Nasr Auto’s plans to produce Chinese EVs was also on the agenda: Uber is handling three of the nine Chinese-made DongFeng E70 electric vehicles currently being tested on Egyptian roads, state-owned El Nasr Automotive managing director Hany El Kholy told Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 24:32) last night. El Nasr had imported 13 DongFeng EVs in June from China for road-testing ahead of the launch of an assembled-in-Egypt E70 in 2H2022. There are plans for inclusion of the public in the road tests at a later stage, El Kholy said, noting that the road-testing phase is slated to conclude in November.

Elsewhere: A military plane carrying Egyptian citizens and government personnel from Afghanistan landed in Cairo last night (watch, runtime: 41:08). The Egyptian government has managed to evacuate some of the country’s Al Azhar clerics and personnel from the Egyptian Embassy in Kabul, which is facing a crush of thousands of people trying to get out of Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover last week. The Associated Press also has the story.

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