Egypts air traffic remains suspended until mid-April

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ArabFinance: Egypt’s Minister of Information Osama Heikal said all flights will remain grounded for an additional period of two weeks starting April 1^st, Reuters reported.

The country’s airports have been set to be closed until March 31^st after the Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly had announced that air traffic in Egypt would be suspended as of March 19^th.

These steps are taken by the state to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Egypt, in line with the total 19 people who passed away from the virus until March 23^rd.

Since March 19^th, Egypt has helped citizens stuck in countries where the COVID-19 pandemic severely spread to return home; on March 22^nd, Egyptian citizens returned from the UK, while a flight was facilitated on March 23^rd to transport Egyptians from Malta.

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