Egypt cracks down on foreign journalists for their reporting on Covid19

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Cairo, March 17, 2020 – Egypt revoked the press credentials of a journalist for The Guardian and censured The New York Times Cairo bureau chief on Tuesday over “bad faith” reporting on the country’s coronavirus cases. “The...

Egypt: Hundreds of families north of Cairo quarantined after coronavirus death

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...

Egypt: Covid-19 fallout, Hurghada resort and village in the Daqahliya on lockdown

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...

Egypt: 20 killed in floods, as Egypt is unable to fix its crumbling infrastructure

Friday, March 13, 2020

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Egypt: Foreign tourists stranded in Nile cruise over coronavirus flown back home

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Luxor, Egypt, March 11, 2020 – Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that 46 French and US tourists who had been quarantined on a coronavirus-hit Nile cruise boat have flown home. They were among dozens of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew who had been either...