Ending the lockdown hasn’t meant everyone returning to work in Egypt

Plenty of people working in the private sector have yet to go back to their jobs since the government relaxed lockdown restrictions in June, as the covid-19 epidemic continues, Reuters reports.

In mid-March Egypt imposed lockdown measures including a night curfew, bans on large public gatherings and the closure of restaurants and theatres.

Egypt’s statistics agency reported in June that more than a quarter of those with a job had not been working due to lockdown measures, while more than half of working Egyptians were on reduced hours or days. Its latest data put unemployment at 9.2% in April.