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Tuesday, 14 April 2020

WHO Egypt rep’s covid-19 presser, planned repatriation of citizens stranded abroad top talk show coverage

WHO Egypt representative John Jabbour’s presser yesterday on covid-19 developments in the country was front and center on last night’s talk shows. We have a link to the full video of the press conference in What We’re Tracking Today, above.

Jabbour stressed the importance of Egypt ramping up its testing procedures to help detect asymptomatic cases, which have contributed significantly to the spread of the virus in other countries, Al Kahera Alaan’s Lamees El Hadidi noted. Lamees also highlighted Jabbour’s calls for citizens to stay at home and avoid large gatherings (watch, runtime: 4:51). Masaa DMC’s Eman El Hosary (watch, runtime: 1:49) and Min Masr’s Reham Ibrahim (watch, runtime: 3:31) also took note of the press conference.

Cabinet is looking at ways to cut down on crowds in the street in a bid to contain the spread of covid-19, Information Minister Osama Heikal told Lamees, but didn’t give any indication of what these measures could entail (watch, runtime: 8:49).

The planned repatriation of Egyptians stranded abroad also earned attention, with Immigration Minister Nabila Makram telling Lamees that the majority of Egyptians who will be brought home are in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (watch, runtime: 6:55). Ibrahim also took note of the government’s announcement (watch, runtime: 0:53).

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