ArabFinance: Travelers arriving in Egypt from countries where covid-19 variants have been identified will be administered rapid covid tests, Health Minister Hala Zayed said in a recent statement.
The ID NOW rapid molecular tests should produce results within 15 minutes.
Travelers must still also show a negative PCR test before boarding their flight to Egypt.
Egypt reported 1,132 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, May 8th, raising the total count to 236,272 since the pandemic started in February 2020.
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