Egypt
Egypt to operate trains every one and a half minutes to 1st, 2nd metro lines to prevent overcrowding amid virus outbreak
March 26, 2020
Egypt to operate trains every one and a half minutes to 1st, 2nd metro lines to prevent overcrowding amid virus outbreak
Egypt is adding two trains to the al-Marg-Helwan first metro line and two trains to the Shubra al-Khaima-al-Munib second line…
Gov’t employees commuting into Cairo for work asked not to go to office: Cabinet
March 26, 2020
Gov’t employees commuting into Cairo for work asked not to go to office: Cabinet
The spokesperson for Egypt’s Cabinet Nader Saad announced that government employees who reside outside Cairo and commute into the city…
EgyptAir operated 33 international flights so far to bring stranded Egyptians home
March 26, 2020
EgyptAir operated 33 international flights so far to bring stranded Egyptians home
EgyptAir managed to operate 33 international flights from March 19 through March 26 to various cities around the world to…
Video: Police storm Chinese woman’s villa for hosting ‘snake’ barbecue amid virus outbreak
March 26, 2020
Video: Police storm Chinese woman’s villa for hosting ‘snake’ barbecue amid virus outbreak
New Cairo police stormed a villa where a group of Chinese expatriates in Egypt were rumored to be barbecuing snakes…
Health Minister holds press conference on coronavirus as cases in Egypt jump to 456
March 26, 2020
Health Minister holds press conference on coronavirus as cases in Egypt jump to 456
Egypt confirmed on Wednesday afternoon 14 new coronavirus cases, in addition to 40 others announced earlier that day, bringing the…
Multi-vehicle collision at curfew checkpoint in Egypt leaves 18 dead
March 26, 2020
Multi-vehicle collision at curfew checkpoint in Egypt leaves 18 dead
Eighteen people were killed on Wednesday and others were injured when a lorry plowed into a string of vehicles stopped…
Egypt confirms one new death, 40 additional coronavirus cases as total reaches 442
March 25, 2020
Egypt confirms one new death, 40 additional coronavirus cases as total reaches 442
Egypt confirmed on Wednesday 40 new coronavirus cases and one additional death, bringing its total number of cases to 442.…
Immigration minister responds to stranded Egyptian inquiries in Facebook live broadcast
March 25, 2020
Immigration minister responds to stranded Egyptian inquiries in Facebook live broadcast
Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Minister Nabila Makram on Wednesday began responding to inquiries from Egyptians left stranded by coronavirus outbreak measures…
Egypt sees light rainfall, moderate to hot weather for Thursday
March 25, 2020
Egypt sees light rainfall, moderate to hot weather for Thursday
Meteorologists predict moderate weather in Cairo, Lower Egypt, South Sinai and along the Red Sea mountains on Thursday, with light…
Social media ‘rumors’ about Hantavirus ‘nonsense’: Chinese embassy
March 25, 2020
Social media ‘rumors’ about Hantavirus ‘nonsense’: Chinese embassy
The Chinese embassy in Cairo dismissed “rumors” circulating about the hantavirus as “nonsense,” after news of a death from the…