{"id":41988,"date":"2020-09-08T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/egypt-donates-covid-19-protective-gear-to-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T05:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T05:47:58","slug":"egypt-donates-covid-19-protective-gear-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egypt-donates-covid-19-protective-gear-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt donates COVID-19 protective gear to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Ngamije, said the aid included masks, equipment worn by doctors on the body and head and shoes for medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>He said the equipment received by Rwanda was going to help Covid-19 clinics, especially as Rwanda is expanding its clinics outside Kigali, which will also help protect medical staff and patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis capacity allows us to make our referrals to district and provincial hospitals, especially in areas where there has been an increase in COVID-19 cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ngamije called on Rwandans to be more vigilant about COVID-19, as the number of patients is high, including those with other health problems such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory diseases, cancer, and more, leading to the risk of death.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Ahmed El Ansary said the donation from the Arab Republic of Egypt to Rwanda came at a time when his country\u2019s recent representative had recently approved a $ 4 million grant to the African Union for a fund set up to combat COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>He said the grant was in line with their commitments to the fund, which would help \u201cprevent men and women working in the health sector, who are doing a great job\u201d in preventing the spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is a difficult time for the world, so it is time to show that we are united as Africans, which is why we are determined to send this support to our brothers and sisters in Rwanda,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt is one of the countries in Africa with high COVID-19 cases, with a total of 99,863 infected people, of who 5,530 have succumbed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36707 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2020-09-07_at_08.44.20_1_-b69c3.jpg\" alt=\"These materials were received on Monday, September 7, 2020\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36708 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-2631-1dd2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36709 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-3040-e26ff.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Daniel Ngamije said the aid included masks, equipment worn by doctors on the body and head and shoes for medical staff\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36710 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/arton139137-8be4f.jpg\" alt=\"These equipment received by Rwanda are going to help Covid-19 clinics, will also help protect medical staff and patients.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwandan government on Monday received COVID-19 protective equipment donated by the Arab Republic of Egypt, valued at $ 150,000 [over Rwf145 million].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[204],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-elina-jonas-ruzindaza"],"bylines":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas 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