airport a nightly curfew takes effect at 7 in the evening tourism has collapsed president abdel fattah el-sisi has promised billions in aid to egypt sions and ordered them to stay home only it was a different story back in february a t.v. station closely aligned with the government was joking about the coronavirus this spoof was an interview with a friendly contagion tourism along the nile and in looks or were still in high gear until mid march cases of infection including those among german tourists were considered outliers no one thought egypt was at risk. until now the streets have been as packed as ever many buses too despite the rising infection rate shops have been open busy as usual with barely a trace of physical distance and for many the risk doesn't seem to have sunk in here yet. egypt is safe this man says people are taking precautions everything's fine. we have to eat what else are we going to do how else will we feed our wives and children. the government rejected the criticism of its crisis management despite a shortage of hospital beds doctors and ventilators instead flashy ligh

airport a nightly curfew takes effect at 7 in the evening tourism has collapsed president abdel fattah el-sisi has promised billions in aid to egypt sions and ordered them to stay home only it was a different story back in february a t.v. station closely aligned with the government was joking about the coronavirus this spoof was an interview with a friendly contagion tourism along the nile and in looks or were still in high gear until mid march cases of infection including those among german tourists were considered outliers no one thought egypt was at risk. until now the streets of the packed as ever many buses too despite the rising infection rate shops have been open busy as usual with barely a trace of physical distancing from many of the risk doesn't seem to have sunk in here yet. egypt is safe this man says people are taking precautions everything's fine. we have to eat what else are we going to do how else will we feed our wives and children. or that. the government reject any criticism of its crisis management despite the shortage of hospital beds doctors and ventilators instead flashy