Children wearing face shields attend a class on the first day at kindergarten at the Notre-Dame school, in Cairo, Egypt, 15 October 2020. The new academic year in Egypt is expected to start on 17 October for the first time since March 2020 all educational institutes were forced to close due to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. The reopening of educational institutes takes place amid strict government rules of distancing and mask wearing. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)





A general view of a cattle market in Al Manashi village, ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt on July 23, 2020. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





“Mozo”, a robot waiter of MARSES Robotic Solutions, waits next to customers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt on July 28, 2020. (Photo by Ahmed Fahmy/Reuters)





A boy jumps in the Nile River during hot weather on the outskirts of Cairo, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Egypt on August 18, 2020. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A parrot stands on a girl's shoulder on the first day of reopening the Giza zoo, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt on August 24, 2020. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A woman cries as a swab sample is taken at a drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing unit at Ain Shams field hospital in Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2020. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





A boy works for 3$ per day during school vacation to assist his family, at a glass factory in Al Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt on September 26, 2020. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





An Egyptian man swims in a lake in front of Taghaghien Island Resort in Egypt's Western Desert, during the activation of domestic tourism after the government cancelled the celebration of the Siyaha peace festival, or the “Peace festival”, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Siwa Oasis, west of the Egyptian capital, Egypt October 16, 2020. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Camels run on a dirt track during a race in Egypt's South Sinai desert on September 12, 2020, after more than six month of hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. Camel racing is a traditional sport in many Arab countries, most notably in the Gulf region, and in Egypt, bedouins of the South Sinai desert have kept up the tradition. But race events have been suspended since March following the COVID-19 outbreak, and orders only came down at the beginning of the month that they could resume this weekend. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





A picture taken on October 3, 2020 shows Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani (L), and Mustafa Waziri (R), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, unveil the mummy inside a sarcophagus excavated by the Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kms south of the capital Cairo, which resulted in the discovery of a deep burial well with more than 59 human coffins closed for more than 2,500 years. They were unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Students wearing protective face masks attend the first day's class at El Safa school, following months of closure due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the Giza suburb of Awsim, Egypt on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Shokry Hussien/Reuters)





A boy flies a handmade kite from a roof, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). in Old Cairo, Egypt on July 26, 2020. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





An excavator builds a new sea wall along the Mediterranean Sea, as the government closes beaches, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Alexandria, Egypt, August 7, 2020. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Bulldozers demolish buildings at a slum that forms a part of Rod El Farag neighbourhood, backdropped by the dual high-rises Nile City Towers and the Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo on September 8, 2020. The buildings were demolished for having an illegal status, while the residents where evacuated and will eventually move to “EL Mahrousa 1” residential buildings, a housing project built by the Egyptian government to accommodate those with low incomes. (Photo by Sayed Hassan/picture alliance via Getty Images)





People enjoy a summer vacation on a swimming pool inside Jaz Aquaviva Hotel at a Red Sea resort, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hurghada, Egypt on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Muslim worshippers, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arrive at the courtyard of the historic al-Azhar mosque in the centre of Islamic Cairo to perform the Friday prayers under new pandemic restrictions, in Egypt's capital on August 28, 2020. Egypt allowed Friday prayers to resume in major mosques under strict preventive measures, including mandatory masks for all worshippers, enforcement of social distancing, use of personal prayer rugs, and reduced sermon time at only 10 minutes. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi holding banners and Egyptian flags, gather to celebrate the 47rd anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Cairo, Egypt on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Health workers collect samples for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for arriving tourists at screening center of Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Egypt, 24 September 2020. According to reports, all passengers arriving to Egypt airports are required to provide a negative PCR test for coronavirus as of 01 September. However foreign tourists landing at Hurghada, Sharm El-Sheikh, Marsa Alam can undergo the test upon arrival at the airports for 30 US dollars. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Men sit by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district, on August 15, 2020. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





People slide down a dune at the beach in Marsa Matruh, some 500 km northwest of Cairo, Egypt, 27 August 2020. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)