The fallout from the conflict in Ukraine was stil top of the agenda on the airwaves last night, where the nation’s talking heads discussed the impact of the commodities shock on the economy and the fate of the overseas students who have been forced to fly back to Egypt from Ukraine. Covid (remember that?) also got a look-in.

The economic impact: Kelma Akhira’s Lamees Hadidi dedicated a chunk of her show to covering how the conflict is impacting the Egyptian economy. She recapped some of the measures the government is taking to insulate the economy from food and energy price inflation (watch, runtime 3:17), and in a another segment talked to Alaa Ezz, secretary-general of Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (Fedcoc), who told her with a surprising degree of confidence that commodity prices have already “reached their peak” and have started to decline (watch, runtime 4:41).

The students: Overseas students who have had to return home from Ukraine will be allowed to enroll in private universities — but will not be admitted to public universities, Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar told Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa in a phone-in (watch, runtime 5:04). Admission into private universities will kick off tomorrow, in coordination with the Immigration Ministry, and regulations have been put in place to ensure students are placed in classes that correspond to their academic level, Higher Education Ministry spokesperson Adel Abdel Ghaffar told El Hadidi via a phone-in (watch, runtime 3:11). Abdel Ghaffar made the remarks after she pointed out to him that Egyptians studying in Ukraine typically do not get high-enough test scores to be admitted into top-ranking Egyptian universities. Al Hayah Al Youm also had coverage (watch, runtime 7:14)

Some good news: Egypt is witnessing a sharp decline in covid case numbers, as well as hospitalization and death numbers, Hossam Hosny, head of the government’s covid committee, told Amr Adib (watch, runtime 8:34). To keep things moving in the right direction, only those who hold vaccination certificates will be allowed entry into mawa’ed rahman during Ramadan, he said.

More than half of eligible people are now fully vaccinated, according to acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, who told Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa that the figure now stands at 51% (watch, runtime 3:17). Al Hayah Al Youm also had coverage (watch, runtime 8:09).