CBE: $5.4 billion decrease in foreign reserves during March
The Central Bank of Egypt announced that Egypt’s net foreign reserves would fall to $40.1 billion at the end of March, compared to $45.5 billion last month. CBE said that it used about $5.4 billion of international monetary reserves to…
Egypt’s curfew extended for two weeks
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced that the curfew has been extended throughout the country until April 23, with the number of hours reduced so that the curfew begins at 8pm (instead of 7pm), until 6am. Madbouly added that the government…
Egypt is preparing to impose a full curfew
Sources have told Egypt Watch that Egypt is currently preparing to impose a total curfew on the country in order to combat the spread of COVID-19. Those sources confirmed that Cairo intends to impose measures of the third stage of…
Egypt’s aluminum company losses amount to EGP 800 million
The volume of Egypt Aluminum Company’s losses has increased to EGP 800 million ($51 million), after the complete cessation of export operations as a result of the outbreak of coronavirus, which led to the accumulation of production in warehouses reaching…
Ministry of Health adds COVID-19 to the infectious diseases law
The Ministry of Health has included COVID-19 in the list of infectious diseases stipulated by Law No.137 of 1958. This decision means the inclusion of the vaccine against the coronavirus in the list of free compulsory vaccinations for children in…
El-Nadim Centre: 187 violations and 9 extrajudicial killings in March
El-Nadim Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture have issued a report entitled “oppression in the era of corona.” The report presents a toll of 187 human rights violations in Egypt in March. The centre monitored six…
UN calls for release of detainees in Egypt
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on the Egyptian authorities to release detainees, fearing the spread of coronavirus. UNHCR spokesperson Robert Colville said that the number of detainees in Egypt reaches 114,000 calling on the Egyptian…
Egypt: Coronavirus infections exceed 1,000
The total number of cases of coronavirus in Egypt has risen to 1,173, with 78 deaths, while 247 have recovered and been discharged from isolation hospitals. Fears spread in Egypt about the entry into the third stage of the outbreak…
Egypt airlines call on the government to bail them out
The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation published page on Facebook an application submitted by Egyptian private airlines in which they appeal to the Minister of Aviation and the Council of Ministers to intervene to stop losses resulting from the precautionary…
Passengers returning from abroad pay to isolate in 5 star Egypt hotel
Egyptians returning from abroad were surprised by the decision of the Egyptian government to apply mandatory quarantine to all returnees inside hotels at the expense of each traveller, which caused a state of chaos inside Cairo Airport. Social media users…
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