CAIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th May, 2020) The crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is well-managed by the Egyptian authorities, President Abdel Fattah Sisi's adviser for health affairs, Mohamed Tag El-Deen, said on Thursday.
Egypt could soon reach a plateau in the number of COVID-19 cases, Tag El-Deen said at a media conference.
"We have an expected increase in the number of infected people, we are gradually reaching the plateau. I can say that Egypt is coping well with the crisis, both politically and medically," the adviser noted.
He added that to date, a million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Egypt.
Earlier in the day, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced a nationwide curfew extension until May 24.
Since late April, Egypt has been relaxing coronavirus restrictions amid Ramadan and the curfew changed its hours to 9 p.m. local time instead of 8 p.m. until 6 a.m.
The North African country has so far registered 7,201 COVID-19 cases, 452 deaths and 1,730 recoveries.
