Imprisonment and a fine for spoilers spreading in Egypt

A Egyptian newspaper quoted a judicial source as saying that those who spread rumors about the emergence of new cases of the new Corona virus face a penalty of up to one year in prison and a fine of 20,000 pounds for "spreading false news."

The source said that the text of Article No. 188 of the Penal Code indicates that "a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding a year, and a fine of no less than 5 thousand pounds, and no more than 20 thousand, or one of these two penalties, shall be inflicted on anyone who publishes with bad intent, news or data Or false rumors or false papers, or forged or falsely attributed to others, if this would disturb the public peace, cause panic among people, or harm the public interest. ”

In addition, 301 Egyptians were evacuated from Al-Alamain airport in northwestern Egypt, from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where a new corona virus appeared last month, according to shipping sources.

A plane belonging to the Ministry of Civil Aviation landed at El Alamein Airport with 290 Egyptians and 11 infants on board, according to the same source.

The returnees will be staying in a hotel of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the city of Marsa Matruh (440 km northwest of Cairo on average) for two weeks to ensure that none of them are infected with the virus, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Health.

The Ministry confirmed that a hospital in Marsa Matruh was evacuated and equipped to receive anyone suspected of contracting the virus.

A medical team of six escorted the returnees on board, according to the same source.

EgyptAir has announced that it will suspend its flights to and from three Chinese cities, Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou, as of February 4, which is the departure date of the last Chinese tourist group in Egypt. No infection has been recorded in Egypt yet.

The Chinese authorities announced today that the number of confirmed deaths in the country as a result of the new Corona virus, has risen to 361, while the number of people infected with the epidemic reached more than 17 thousand and 200 infected.