Egypt has moved to suspend all air traffic across the country’s airports beginning Thursday at noon and lasting until March 31, as part of efforts to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. “We have to get prepared when flights return to receive tourists,” he said. The tourism sector will have losses,” Madbouly continued. Tourism is a vital sector in Egypt, with revenue having risen to a record high of $US 12.57 billion in the financial year that ended last July. Egypt had confirmed 150 cases of the virus as of Monday, according to a report from Reuters.

Source: Egypt Independent March 16, 2020 13:53 UTC