Cabinet denies shortage in basic food commodities nationwide

Egypt’s Cabinet’s information center denied reports about a shortage in the available basic food commodities in markets nationwide.
In a statement on Saturday, the center said it contacted the Supply and Internal Trade Ministry which dismissed the news as baseless.
The ministry asserted that all basic food commodities are normally available in markets and large quantities of them are pumped nationwide.
The strategic stockpile of basic food commodities is sufficient for several months, it said.
The information center called on all media outlets and social media users to verify the authenticity of news before publishing or sharing it.