Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia’s GERD talks led the conversation on an otherwise insipid night on the airwaves.

Irrigation Ministry spokesman Mohamed El Sebai gave Yahduth fi Misr a somber recap of yesterday’s negotiations, which are set to continue until Saturday (watch, runtime: 1:29). We have the details in this morning’s Speed Round, below.

Ethiopia’s obstinacy and “show of power” on matters pertaining to the dam will eventually have adverse effects for Addis Ababa, political commentator Mostafa El Fekky told Yahduth fi Misr’s Sherif Amer in their weekly political analysis sit-down. El Fekky slammed Ethiopia’s approach to the negotiations as being diplomatically inappropriate, and called for international mediation in future talks (watch, runtime: 3:56).

Private hospitals are for the most part sticking to the Health Ministry’s mandatory pricing scheme for covid-19 treatment services, and reports of the contrary are “very limited,” spokesman of the Federation of Egyptian Industries’ private sector healthcare division Ahmed Nazih told Masaa DMC’s Ramy Radwan (watch, runtime: 5:07). Nazih didn’t have any updates on earlier reports that the ministry had agreed to amend the pricing scheme after meeting with representatives from private hospitals complaining the prices were untenable.