Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population has stressed that patients with chronic illnesses should receive health care equally as COVID-19 patients. The Ministry also urged Egyptians to use face masks to avoid contracting the virus.
Meanwhile, Egyptian State Minister of Information Osama Haikal said on Thursday that he has decided to self-isolate after coming into contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.
"Due to contact with an individual who has been infected with the coronavirus, I decided to self-isolate at home for several days," the minister said, as quoted by the ministry on its Facebook page.
Haikal is the third Egyptian minister to self-isolate following Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem al-Gazzar, who decided to self-isolate for 14 days after contacting a coronavirus patient, in addition to Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati.
Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said that outpatient clinics have been opened at hospitals across the nation to follow up with COVID-19 carriers who are in critical condition.
Egypt also announced plans to resume both domestic and international flights next month with countries that have opened their airports.
All airports in the country would reopen on July 1, Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Manar said.
The Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism held a meeting on Wednesday and discussed challenges facing the region’s tourism sector due to the new coronavrius pandemic.
For his part, Minister of Tourism Khaled el-Anani said that tourism ministers all over the world should work together to protect the industry and maintain its contribution to national economies and the job opportunities it provides for millions of people.
