The Egyptian support around the world amid Covid-19

Since the spread of Covid-19, the Egyptian state has been keen on sending medical aid to countries in need amid the virus, especially Italy, China and Britain, in light of health disasters, aid between countries and some of them remains a major variable for diplomatic and humanitarian relations.

 Egyptian support for China

In early March 2020, during the height of the virus outbreak in Wuhan, China, the government decided to send Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed at the head of a high-level delegation to Beijing to provide a large shipment of medical aid to the country that was most in need at the time. The minister also sent a message of solidarity from the Egyptian people and the president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the Chinese government and people to overcome the crisis.

On the other hand, Chinese officials expressed their appreciation for the Egyptian humanitarian role in the Corona crisis that struck the Chinese province of Wuhan, as the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Chinese Embassy in Cairo, Li Yong, said in April 2020 that his country will not forget the Egyptian aid that was provided during the height of the disease outbreak in his country.

 Egypt's aid to the afflicted Italy

On the same approach in assisting countries most in need, Egypt initiated with the assistance of Italy, which, at the height of the outbreak, suffered a collapse in the medical sector, a severe shortage of health supplies and prevention tools, as well as high rates of deaths that exceeded the number who lost their lives in China, which is the beginning of the emergence of the virus, On March 22, 2020, Egypt sent a cargo plane to Malpensa Airport, Italy, carrying preventive medical tools that include protective clothing from the virus and medical masks to prevent the spread of infection, and at that time Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi de Mayo on his social media page, Twitter, thanked the Egyptian government for its contribution to helping workers In Italian hospitals.

In early April 2020, the Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, went under the direction of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to accompany a large delegation to provide more aid to the afflicted European country, as the armed forces equipped two military planes carrying the necessary supplies to prevent the virus, such as medical suits, gags, hand gloves and others.

It is worth noting that Egypt's aid to Italy came at a very critical time for Rome and the surrounding countries, as the former was losing thousands of people every day, and faced a health disaster, while the European Union countries were accused at the time of abandoning the principle of solidarity in each other's aid, according to Reuters published in March 4, 2020 A decision by the German government to stop the export of preventive medical supplies such as gloves and gloves as well as ventilators to cover their needs only and not others. For its part, the Czech Republic confiscated an aid shipment that was on its way from China to Italy, which showed an odd dimension to the humanitarian crisis in Italy, which is Probably the same reason that caused confusion by Egypt's hostile media platforms to distort its noble position in the face of international positions from Rome, and the Egyptian role in helping Italy during the Corona pandemic contributed to forming campaigns of thanks from within the country on social media platforms of the Egyptian government.

 Egyptian aid to Britain and the United States

On 14 April 2020, Britain's Minister of International Trade, Lise Truss, confirmed Egyptian preparations to send shipments of medical aid to her country, which during the crisis faced an acute shortage of medical supplies needed to prevent the spread of infection.

On April 21, 2020, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to supply a shipment of medical aid to the United States of America, which has suffered thousands of deaths daily during the height of the disease, as the Egyptian state is considered one of the most prominent assistants to the countries that witnessed a rise in the numbers of highly contagious virus infections.