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Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Last Night’s Talk Shows on surprise, surprise, covid

Covid continued to dominate the airwaves for the third night this week: The Health Ministry spokesperson was on the talk shows to talk Omicron and respond to claims that it has already made its way to Egypt, while the World Health Organization’s Egypt representative joined Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi to discuss the latest developments (watch, runtime: 21:14). For more on what the talk shows had to say about Omicron, head to this morning’s Covid Watch, above.

Also on the airwaves last night:

  • The state has upped its basic commodities reserves: The state has five months of wheat, 3.5 months of sugar and has achieved self-sufficiency in rice, Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy told El Hekaya’s Amr Adib (watch, runtime: 5:21).
  • EDEX kicked off yesterday and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s speech at the opening of Egypt Defense Expo also made it to last night’s talk shows. (Al Hayah Al Youm | watch, runtime: 1:08).

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