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Thursday, 6 February 2020

Egypt’s capacity to handle coronavirus, return of fishermen from Yemen on last night’s talk shows

It was a bland night on the country’s airwaves. The talking heads are still preoccupied with the coronavirus, and Egypt’s capacity to handle the outbreak (including the successful evacuation of expats from China’s Wuhan). The return of 32 Egyptian fishermen who were detained in Yemen also earned attention.

No coronavirus in Egypt, authorities are well prepared -WHO Cairo rep: There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Egypt to date, and the country has taken all the necessary precautions to confront the pandemic, John Jabbour, the representative of the World Health Organization in Cairo, told Masaa DMC’s Ramy Radwan (watch, runtime: 4:10).

China wants our face masks: As it fights the coronavirus outbreak, China has approached several Egyptian factories to import 145 mn surgical masks, pharma division head at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Ali Auf told Yahduth Fi Misr’s Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 3:54). We won’t quite be able to meet the demand as Egypt only has around 10 factories capable of producing between 60-80 mn masks a year, or 120 mn if they operate at maximum capacity, Auf said.

Gov’t celebrates Wuhan rescue mission, return of 32 fishermen from Yemen: Cabinet spokesman Nader Saad had a brief chat with Al Hayah Al Youm about the successful evacuation of Egyptian expats from Wuhan and the secure return of 32 Egyptian fishermen from Yemen, where they were detained (watch, runtime: 5:41).

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