Egypt Relaxes Curfew Night-Time During Ramadan

On Thursday, the Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli said that the night-time curfew will be adjusted during the holy fasting month of Ramadan to curb the coronavirus spread but make it one hour shorter.

In a televised speech, the Premier announced that the curfew will start at 9 p.m. instead of the previous 8 p.m. and run until 6 a.m, adding that the commercial centers, including malls and shops are allowed to open over the whole week until 5:00 pm.

Madbouli pointed out that the Egyptians have to cope with coronavirus impacts via precautionary measures as the disease could exist for a long time, stating that the state is adopting balanced policy between taking preventive measures against coronavirus and allowing the economy and production to continue.

"There is a qualitative change that took place in many countries' vision toward fighting coronavirus, including deciding to open the economy, after millions of workers lost their jobs.” he added.

Madbouli noted that it is expected that the total number of coronavirus cases will increase during the next period in Egypt, pointing out that the state plans to restore normal life after the end of Ramadan while maintaining the global preventive measures against coronavirus.

It is noteworthy that Egypt reported on Wednesday 169 new coronavirus cases, all of them are Egyptians, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 3,659.

“Twelve more deaths were confirmed; raising the total number to 276,” Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry’s spokesman, said in a statement.

“Up to 935 coronavirus patients have recovered so far,” the spokesman said.

“Two foreigners and 63 Egyptians were among the recovered patients today,” he added.

Also, the number of coronavirus patients who had now been retested for the virus and had received negative results has reached 1,270, after getting proper treatment in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Earlier, Health Minister Hala Zayed said that 61% of the positive cases are from males and 39% from females.