CAIRO — On April 22, the Egyptian parliament approved a draft law that Mohamed al-Amary, head of the parliament’s Health Affairs Committee, submitted to amend some provisions of the 1958 Law No. 137 regarding health precautions to prevent infectious diseases, in context of the country's precautionary measures taken to guard against the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaker of parliament Ali Abdel Aal said parliament approved the draft and sent it to the State Council for review. It will then need President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s ratification before it is published in the Official Gazette.
