Egypt Extends State Of Emergency On COVID-19, Security Fears

Egypt Extends State Of Emergency On COVID-19, Security Fears

This picture taken on April 24, 2020 shows a view of Bab el-Louk square, one of the generally busy areas near the Egyptian capital Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the central downtown district, almost empty on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP.Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing health as well as security concerns.

The new extension comes as the government battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Arab world’s most populous country. The state of emergency gives police broad powers of arrest and detention and curtails constitutional rights such as freedom of speech and assembly. The amendments grant the president rights to close schools, suspend public sector work, restrict gatherings, quarantine inbound travellers and order private medical facilities to assist with general healthcare.

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