CAIRO - 18 Septemebr 2020: The Health Ministry said that 588 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 295,639. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 14 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,935. UK’s Transport Secretary announced, Friday that Egypt among other eight countries would be taken off the red list starting October 4th. Lifting Egypt of the red list means that travelers will no longer have to stay in hotel quarantine, and PCR tests will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travelers returning to England. Along with Egypt, the UK announced removing Pakistan, the Maldives, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Oman, Bangladesh and Kenya from its Red List.
