The scores of others who remained on the boat, including American, French and Indian travellers and Egyptian crew, had been quarantined on board, passengers told AFP. AFP reporters on Tuesday saw passengers milling about on the top deck of the boat, docked on the Nile at Luxor in southern Egypt. Zayed noted that her ministry had taken “random samples” from tourists and staff at all of Luxor and Aswan’s hotels. Tourism Minister Khaled el-Enany spoke of “a decline in tourism globally including in Egypt, but our rates aren’t as severe as other countries”. Speaking alongside Zayed, he said his ministry had focused its efforts on Luxor and Aswan “because the sole (virus) problem we have is on a Nile cruise boat”.

Source: The Express Tribune March 10, 2020 18:56 UTC