Egypt reopened 31 more hotels for tourists last week amid anti-COVID-19 measures, raising the number of hotels reopened nationwide to 572, an Egyptian tourism ministry official said in a statement on Saturday. Egypt started reopening hotels in mid-May, but they were limited to local tourism initially due to the international flight suspension. The North African country started to resume international flights on July 1 amid a “coexistence plan” to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming economic activities. Tourism is one of the main sources of national income and foreign currency in Egypt. Until Friday night, Egypt has registered a total of 86,474 COVID-19 cases, including 4,188 deaths and 27,302 recoveries.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2020 12:22 UTC