To Strengthen Prevention Effort, Presidency of Republic Announces New Measures

The Presidency of the Republic announced, in a statement released today (Sunday), that several new measures will be taken to strengthen the preventive and precautionary effort against the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is the full text of the statement: ‘The Presidency of the Republic announces that in view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the alarming increase in the number of infections and deaths associated with the pandemic and in support of the general effort of prevention and precaution, which is by far our most powerful weapon in the face of the pandemic, the following measures have been decided: 1 – Curfew from six p.m. to six a.m. throughout the national territory, from today, Sunday 13 December 2020. 2- End of working hours in the departments and offices at 4 p.m. 3 – Strict application of the procedures provided for the transport of persons, the maximum number of which is recorded in the cars’ registration documents, in general, and transport vehicles, in particular, and the mandatory mask-wearing for passengers. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs and Original Education will announce, after consulting the associations of Ulamas and Imams, what will be decided regarding the Friday prayer. In addition, all the accompanying measures that may require changes in the situation will be taken and announced consecutively.