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Tuesday, 28 April 2020

The Ramadan slowdown hits Egypt’s airwaves

Irrefutable proof that the Ramadan news slowdown is upon us: The talking heads had next to nothing to say on the airwaves last night.

Covid-19 was still the main talking point, with Al Kahera Alaan’s Lamees El Hadidi calling up Presidential Health Affairs Advisor Mohamed Awad Tag Eldin, who urged people to not let their guards down and continue to take precautionary measures, including wearing masks and avoiding crowded spaces (watch, runtime: 2:40). Lamees also recapped the Health Ministry’s daily case tally (watch, runtime: 1:26).

End-of-year exams were of particular importance to Amr Adib, who touched on Education Minister Tarek Shawky’s statement that Thanaweya Amma students who refuse to take the exams will simply flunk out, covid-19 or not (watch, runtime: 0:54). Adib also urged parents to skip the tradition of waiting for their kids outside the exam sites, where they would be at high risk of infection from potential virus carriers (watch, runtime: 3:06).

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