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Egypt Adopts Flexible Mechanism at Schools amid COVID-19 Outbreak

High school students wearing protective masks wait in line during the first day of final exams, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
High school students wearing protective masks wait in line during the first day of final exams, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Egypt Adopts Flexible Mechanism at Schools amid COVID-19 Outbreak

High school students wearing protective masks wait in line during the first day of final exams, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
High school students wearing protective masks wait in line during the first day of final exams, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt's Ministry of Education has adopted a flexible mechanism at schools amid mounting concerns regarding the novel coronavirus, only days before the beginning of the new academic year in the country.

Egyptian Deputy Minister of Education for Teacher Affairs said on Sunday that those in charge are allowed to make the necessary changes for the academic year depending on the conditions of every governorate, however, without affecting the course of the curriculum.

Dr. Reda Hegazy aksi stressed commitment to the handbook issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Education. The handbook includes all precautionary measures that have to be applied to protect students during the academic year 2020-2021. The Ministry of Education also ordered the closure of any educational institution that registers COVID-19 cases.

The official underscored that cooperation among everyone is essential to maintain students’ health, noting that the ultimate goal is to guarantee a successful educational year amidst these exceptional conditions.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced that 45 recovered from the virus and were discharged from the hospital after receiving needed medical care.

Meanwhile, up to 129 new cases were confirmed while 12 deaths were recorded.

The new number brought the caseload of COVID-19 cases in Egypt on Sunday to 104,516, including 97,688 recoveries and 6,052 deaths.

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Algerian Court Certifies Tebboune's Landslide Reelection Win

People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune outside his election campaign headquarters in Algiers (AFP)
People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune outside his election campaign headquarters in Algiers (AFP)
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Algerian Court Certifies Tebboune's Landslide Reelection Win

People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune outside his election campaign headquarters in Algiers (AFP)
People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune outside his election campaign headquarters in Algiers (AFP)

Algeria's constitutional court on Saturday certified the landslide victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in last weekend's election after retabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question.

The court said that it had reviewed local voting data to settle questions about irregularities that Tebboune’s opponents had alleged in two appeals on Monday, according to The AP.

“After verification of the minutes of the regions and correction of the errors noted in the counting of the votes," it had lowered Tebboune's vote share and determined that his two opponents had won hundreds of thousands more votes than previously reported, said Omar Belhadj, the constitutional court's president.

The court's decision makes Tebboune the official winner of the Sept. 7 election. His government will next decide when to inaugurate him for a second term.

The court's retabulated figures showed Tebboune leading Abdellali Hassan Cherif by around 75 percentage points. With 7.7 million votes, the first-term president won 84.3% of the vote, surpassing 2019 win by millions of votes and a double-digit margin.

Cherif, running with the Movement of Society for Peace, won nearly 950,000 votes, or roughly 9.6%. The Socialist Forces Front's Youcef Aouchiche won more than 580,000 votes, or roughly 6.1%.

Notably, both challengers surpassed the threshold required to receive reimbursement for campaign expenses. Under its election laws, Algeria pays for political campaigns that receive more than a 5% vote share. The results announced by the election authority last week showed Cherif and Aouchiche with 3.2% and 2.2% of the vote, respectively. Both were criticized for participating in an election that government critics denounced as a way for Algeria's political elite to make a show of democracy amid broader political repression.

Throughout the campaign, each of the three campaigns emphasized participation, calling on voters and youth to participate and defy calls to boycott the ballot. The court announced nationwide turnout was 46.1%, surpassing the 2019 presidential election when 39.9% of the electorate participated.