As Egyptians and residents in Egypt enter their second day of partial curfew in a bid to curb the COVID-19 infection rates, the latter have reached 536, with 30 deaths and 116 recoveries, according to the Ministry of Health. Although it’s been over a month since Egypt recorded its first case, the number of those infected has risen gradually over the last weeks, with experts and authorities citing the next weeks as critical for the outbreak’s progression in the Middle East’s most populated nation. With no indication of the COVID-19 outbreak subsisting, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has extended the suspension of international air traffic in nationwide airports until April 15, two weeks after the initial set date of March 31, as per Egypt Independent. On Tuesday, the Egyptian government announced a partial ‘night’ curfew effective March 25 for two weeks. Similar to ’emergency’ social-distancing measures taken by other nations, the curfew is set for 7 pm to 6 am. All violators to the curfew risk either a jail term or a fine starting from EGP 4,000 ($253). Moreover, the government has also ordered the closing of places of mass…
