Tuesday, March 17, 2020
MEA Risk brief: The municipality of Tunis resuscitated the old means of communicating official statements with loudspeakers. On Tuesday, 17 March 2020, the city’s awareness campaign against used pickup trucks and vans equipped with speakers to ask residents...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Cairo, March 17, 2020 – Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after two deaths were recorded this month originating from the area. “We have confined more than 300 families to their...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Cairo, March 17, 2020 – Egypt on Tuesday locked down the Red Sea resort of Hurghada where a German tourist died of new coronavirus earlier this month as it battles the spread of the disease. Hurghada is a magnet for tourists, including divers, who come...
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Nouakchott, March 14, 2020 – Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Friday, adding to the growing number of cases in West Africa. In a televised statement, Health Minister Mohamed Nedhirou Ould...
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Tripoli, March 13, 2020 – Libya’s rival governments on Friday both announced a two-week closure of schools and universities over fears of the novel coronavirus arriving in the country. The education ministries of the Tripoli-based unity government and its...