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Egypt Calls for Vaccinating All Tourism Sector Employees

Tourists at the Giza pyramids (Reuters)
Tourists at the Giza pyramids (Reuters)
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Egypt Calls for Vaccinating All Tourism Sector Employees

Tourists at the Giza pyramids (Reuters)
Tourists at the Giza pyramids (Reuters)

The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Monday that all tourism sector workers in Luxor and Aswan governorates should be vaccinated against the coronavirus during August.

Health Minister Hala Zayed gave the directives while she inspected the isolation unit at Luxor International Airport.

Health Ministry Spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement that Zayed stressed the Prime Minister’s decision not to allow any visitor to enter the country before showing a negative PCR test or a certificate proving they have been vaccinated with both doses of the COVID-19 jabs at least 14 days before arriving in Egypt.

Zayed said that 17,139 visitors have been so far quarantined at Luxor Airport.

Also on Monday, Advisor to Minister of Health for Information Technology Aysam Salah said the vaccine certificate cannot be forged because it has a QR code with the photo and identity of the person.

During an interview with a local TV channel, Salah said the certificates aim to help Egyptians traveling abroad to prove that they have been vaccinated.

Egypt recorded on Monday 49 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths, bringing the total number of infections to 284,311, including 230,699 recoveries and 16,528 deaths.

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Lufthansa Extends Beirut Flight Suspension until October 15

The Lufthansa group, whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has not flown to Beirut since late July (File photo by Reuters)
The Lufthansa group, whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has not flown to Beirut since late July (File photo by Reuters)
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Lufthansa Extends Beirut Flight Suspension until October 15

The Lufthansa group, whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has not flown to Beirut since late July (File photo by Reuters)
The Lufthansa group, whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has not flown to Beirut since late July (File photo by Reuters)

German airline group Lufthansa said Thursday it was extending a suspension of flights to Lebanese capital Beirut until October 15 due to heightened regional tensions.

Services to Beirut had previously been suspended until the end of September, AFP reported.

The Lufthansa group, whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has not flown to Beirut since late July.

Lebanese group Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israeli forces in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack triggered war in the Gaza Strip.

Lufthansa had also suspended flights to Tel Aviv in Israel due to the tensions, but resumed them on September 5.

Flights to Tehran also resumed on September 5, although Austrian Airlines is currently the only airline in the group serving the Iranian capital, a Lufthansa spokesman told AFP.

Germany, France and Britain on Tuesday said they were taking steps to cancel air transport agreements with Iran because of what they said was Iran's delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia.

"The Lufthansa group is aware of the planned sanctions and is in contact with the relevant authorities," the spokesman said.

Germany's foreign ministry on Wednesday said the country was "currently in intensive consultation with its European and international partners about the imposition of new sanctions, including in the aviation sector".