Egyptian Health Ministry
The program was launched in October 2025 for this academic year as part of a presidential initiative targeting early detection of malnutrition-related conditions among schoolchildren, the ministry said.
The ministry said Egypt remained completely free of Ebola infections and that the risk to citizens is currently low.
The ministry stressed that the health situation in Egypt remains “stable and fully safe” and “does not warrant concern.”
The award was granted to Kandeel in recognition of more than 25 years of service to public health in Egypt and the region, the ministry said in a statement, citing an announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the ongoing violations risk inflaming the situation and undermining efforts to consolidate calm and restore stability in the Gaza Strip.
The health ministry said the issuance of these decisions aimed to ease the financial burden on citizens and provide high-quality medical care at the state’s expense, in line with presidential directives.
Footage circulating online showed victims lying covered in white sheets amid scenes of wreckage and chaos along the road.
Sixteen ambulances were dispatched to Abu Talat Beach in the El Agamy district, where the incident took place, according to a statement by the Ministry of Health.
The incident left no injuries or fatalities.
Egypt's health minister directed an increase in the number of medical teams in emergency care departments and the enhancement of medical equipment in hospitals located in Arish, Bir Al-Abd, and Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai.
According to the ministry, the 20 injured individuals were transported to hospitals via 23 ambulances. Nineteen of them were admitted to Minya General Hospital, while one was taken to Minya University Hospitals
The casualty figures are preliminary, with ongoing rescue operations.
A ferry carrying workers in Giza's Monsha'et El Kanater sank on Saturday, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least three individuals and leaving four others hospitalized due to drowning-induced asphyxia, according to preliminary figures provided by the Ministry of Health.
Egypt received on Tuesday 19 Palestinian people, who were injured by the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, for treatment in Egyptian hospitals.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered extending the 100 Healthy Days check-up campaign, which targets all population, for another 100 days.
In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Health said its teams are also conducting examination for the nationals returning from Sudan to test them for infectious diseases.
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday screening 84,000 young Egyptians and non-Egyptians in the first month of a presidential initiative for pre-marriage checkup.
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced on Friday that more than 3.9 million babies have been examined under the presidential initiative to examine and treat hearing impairment in newborns.
In TV remarks to Al-Hadath Al-Youm, Tag El-Din said the coronavirus cases in Egypt show mild symptoms that are similar to the symptoms of common cold.
This comes in appreciation of the Egyptian state’s efforts in eliminating Hepatitis C as per the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, a statement by the Egyptian Health Ministry read on Monday.
