Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli on Wednesday ordered “full closure” of public gardens, beaches and any other place that can have large gatherings, few days before the Coptic Easter and the Egyptian holiday of Sham El-Nessim, in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Public gardens, clubs, cafes and most of the malls in the northeastern African country have been already closed since March, while a dusk-to-dawn is also imposed.
Meeting with governors, Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Sha’rawi Madbouli and Minister of State for Information Osama Heikah, Madbouli congratulated the Egyptian Copts on their upcoming religious ceremonies, but affirmed the need to decisively continue implementing precautionary measures to prevent gatherings.
The prime minister called for deterring any trial to violate the preventive measures taken by the state and ordered governors to focus their monitoring efforts on public squares that have green areas, coastal governorates and cities that have Nile boats.
“You take full charge of the implementation of this issue, with regard to the procedures to tackle the coronavirus. Up to this point, the matter is under control,” the prime minister said.
“Achieving better results is closely related to not giving way to any gatherings.”
Egypt Today
