Fatma Lotfi

The Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS) announced, on Saturday, that the number of deaths among the Egyptian doctors caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased to 348. The recent Egyptian doctors deaths included: Tariq Talaat Gerges, Ahmed Shawky, Ibrahim Nasri Al-Qadi, Emile Nazmy, Nabil Mahrous, Ibrahim Al-Nuwehi, and Ali Issa. About 10,000 Egyptian doctors have been infected with COVID-19 so far, according to EMS Undersecretary Najwa El-Shafei.

Egypt is intensifying efforts to curb the recent surge in the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, which has claimed the lives of 7,352 people since the arrival of the pandemic in February 2020. As a new strain of the virus, which is believed to be more infectious, continues to spread from the UK, fears have increased over the strain’s potential appearance in Egypt. These fears have gained momentum on the back of the continuing increase in daily confirmed cases in Egypt.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived, on Sunday, in the French capital, Paris, for an official visit upon the invitation of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, according to an Egyptian Presidency statement. Last week, well-informed sources told Daily News Egypt that Al-Sisi will visit France within the next few days.