Yesterday, the Egyptian government decided to continue the application of the night curfew for another two weeks, starting from tomorrow, and decided to study the opening of places of worship as of the beginning of July in principle.
While Kuwait announced that the medical examination confirmed that 268 inmates were infected with the central prison with "Corona" virus, the Sultanate of Oman decided to close Duqm from tomorrow until the third of next July, as part of the procedures to confront the "Corona" virus.
In the details, the Egyptian Minister of Information, Osama Haikal, announced in a press conference yesterday, the extension of the night curfew in Egypt for another two weeks, in an attempt to slow the spread of the new Corona virus.
The minister said, after a meeting held by the Supreme Committee for Corona Crisis Management, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, that the curfew starts from eight in the evening until four in the morning on a daily basis, and he made it clear that this decision begins to be implemented from tomorrow.
The Egyptian Supreme Committee for Corona Virus Crisis Management decided, as well, to stop the movement of all public transport from eight in the evening daily, and to extend the work of shops and malls for an hour, to end work at six in the evening instead of five in the evening during the same period, with the continued closure of public parks And public beaches until the end of this month.
Heikal said that the government "has laid down plans to gradually reopen activities in the country in light of developments in the medical situation."
The Egyptian minister confirmed the start of "tourism and aviation to the coastal provinces that were less affected by (Corona) as of the first of July."
He also pointed to the study of reopening the places of worship in the governorates with less injury as of July 1, “according to developments in the health situation, and according to the extent of citizens’ commitment and commitment to follow safety and health protection measures in the event of opening, and re-evaluation of the situation first-hand. ”
However, the government will maintain the closure of "parks and public beaches until the end of this month."
To date, the Egyptian Ministry of Health has recorded 1,342 deaths among more than 38,000 cases of the "Covid-19" epidemic.
In Kuwait, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it recorded four new deaths from the emerging corona virus, bringing the total deaths in the country as a result of "Covid-19" disease, caused by infection with the virus, to 279 cases.
Yesterday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Abdullah Al-Sanad, told a press conference that 609 new cases of the virus had been recorded, bringing the total number of cases to 34,432 cases, and pointed out that 184 patients were receiving medical care in intensive care.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced, earlier yesterday, that 849 patients were recovering during the past 24 hours, taking the total of those recovered to 24,137.
On the other hand, Kuwait announced yesterday that the medical examination confirmed that 268 inmates in the central prison were infected with the "Corona" virus, 225 of them were cured, while the rest of them remain inside the isolation "under follow-up and in the process of recovery".
This is the first time that it has been announced to record cases of "Covid-19" disease, caused by the emerging coronavirus among prisoners in Kuwait.
In Muscat, the Minister of Health in the Sultanate of Oman, Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Saidi, announced the closure of Duqm from tomorrow until the third of next July, as part of the measures to confront the Corona virus.
Al-Saeedi said, during a press conference of the Supreme Committee to confront Corona, that Duqm was added within the closed tourist areas.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of five new deaths from the emerging coronavirus, bringing the total deaths in the Sultanate to 89.
The ministry said in a press statement on its website that 1067 new cases of the virus have been registered, taking the total number of cases in the country to 19,954 cases.
In Riyadh, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it had recorded 38 new deaths from the Corona virus, bringing the total deaths from infection with the virus in the Kingdom to 857 cases. In a press statement on its website, the ministry indicated that 3,733 new cases of the virus had been registered, bringing the total number of cases in the Kingdom to 116 thousand and 21 cases.
She pointed to the registration of 2,065 cases of recovery, bringing the total number of those recovered to 80 thousand and 19.
- The Sultanate of Oman closes Duqm until July 3rd, and records 1067 new cases of the virus.