In a televised briefing yesterday, you announced that the government had done ‘its best to delay the highly contagious virus outbreak’. During the same briefing, you announced that ‘strict measures’ would be introduced following the end of Ramadan, with ‘penalties’ for those violating procedures. As you may know, Egypt’s isolation hospitals have already reached maximum capacity, per the Ministry of Health. The number of infections in Egypt continues to rise, reaching new highs every day. The number of deaths also continues to rise at a rate that is much higher than expected when compared to the number of recorded infections. Yet, you would like to wait another 15 days, which is when Ramadan ends, to implement ‘strict’ measures? If the Egyptian government has done its best to ‘delay’ the spread of COVID-19, why are these strict measures not already in place? Why is the curfew – which at the start of the outbreak commenced at 7PM but now commences at 9PM despite an increase in infections – being violated by hundreds and thousands across Egypt, including businesses, without repercussions and penalties? What happened to the government’s enforcement of the restrictions?…
