The Washington Post drew the paradox of Egypt sending medical aid to the United States, at a time when Egyptians continue to suffer from poverty and the Corona virus.

This was stated in a report by writers Michel Burstein and Sudarsan Raghavan, who said that the aid - which included medical supplies carried by a C-130 military plane - was intended to show Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi his support for US President Donald Trump and for the alliance between the two countries.

But the Washington Post report added at the same time that the Egyptian gift coincided with the question of Egyptians whether their country has sufficient resources to distribute aid to others during the epidemic?

On the content of this aid, the newspaper quoted Mike Evans (a Texas writer and Christian activist who advised Trump, and frequently met with Middle East leaders, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi) that the supplies contained anesthetics and antibiotics, as well as body bags and masks And test samples. 

The newspaper also quoted Evans that Egypt is seeking through these shipments to show its gratitude for the support it has received from Washington since Trump assumed the presidency of the United States.

According to the Egyptian Ministry of Health, these shipments were sent a few days after Egypt received four tons of preventive medical supplies from China to help it fight the Corona virus.

In a related context, the director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Michelle Dunne, wondered whether Egypt really has enough medical supplies to distribute or export it? Where she pointed to reports revealing the virus spread in some Egyptian hospitals, and about storing some medicines.

The Washington Post said that a third of Egypt's population (which numbered more than a hundred million people) lived in extreme poverty. According to Michel Dunn, Egypt's abandonment or export of medical aid will cause concern and resentment within Egypt. Indeed, Sisi's behavior in gifts or sales aims to demonstrate his ability to beat Covid-19 in Egypt and his desire to foster some of his important relationships. 

At the same time, the American newspaper quotes Egyptian officials that the death rate due to coronavirus infection in Egypt exceeded 7% of those infected, while the death rate in the United States was only about 5%. According to the US embassy site in Egypt, and as of last Sunday, 3,114 cases of HIV have been recorded in the country. 

In early April, Sisi sent two military planes to Italy carrying medical equipment, protective clothing, cleaning materials and sterilizers to combat the spread of the Corona virus. The packages are written in both Arabic and Italian: "From the Egyptian people to the Italian people". 

The newspaper stated that the Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, accompanied the shipment, and delivered it personally to Italian officials in front of the media lenses. The reception ceremony was presented in full on live broadcast on Facebook. 

According to a tweet published by British Minister of International Trade Greg Hands, a week ago, Egypt sent a million medical masks to Italy, and last February, Zayed traveled to Beijing, where she delivered ten tons of medical equipment and other materials to China.

The Washington Post concludes by noting the Egyptians' reaction to the authority's actions, saying that many Egyptians have resorted to social media to hold their government accountable for the shipments at a time when the prices of masks and hand sanitizers have increased, making it unavailable to most Egyptians. 

According to UN human rights officials, Egyptian security forces arrested a doctor and pharmacist after denouncing the lack of masks in a video posted on Facebook. 

The newspaper pointed to a point of view that these medical shipments are a way to catch up with the American and European riders, at a time when Sisi is building what critics describe as the most repressive regime in modern Egyptian history, knowing that the Trump administration has not shown any public reaction to the numerous violations of the human rights system But lawmakers in Congress are seeking to end hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt due to the death of a US citizen held in an Egyptian prison last January.