Coronavirus Outbreak: Egyptian Billionaire threatens to commit suicide if curfew extends

In wake of Coronavirus outbreak across length and breth of globe, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris threatened to commit suicide if curfew was t rolled back within two weeks. In an interview with a local news media outlet, Al-Hath, second-richest man in Egypt furr called for a 'revolutionary decision.'

According to translations of MEMO, Egyptian billionaire said, "Let me tell you something, I will commit suicide if y extend (curfew) period." "We need a revolutionary decision, regardless of consequences; even if people get sick, y will recover," he ded.  In what may seem like an absolutely insensitive remark, Sawiris furr said that Coronavirus only kills "one percent" of patients, who mostly are elder people. However, Egypt has a 6% fatality rate. 

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Urging to end nationwide lockdown amid health crisis, billionaire me three possible suggestions--firstly asked to separate workers into two alternate shifts, have employees sleep in factories to limit movement and lastly asked Middle Eastern country to import eugh COVID-19 kits for home-testing. 

In a tweet on March 5, he said, "I took a decision, I don’t want to hear or speak about coronavirus ever again. It’s unbelievable. Are we going to stop living because we are afraid of a virus?" Egypt has by far recorded 985 positive cases and 66 deaths. cases soared after March 6 and continue to grow since. 

WHO warns Middle East 

World Health Organisation on April 3, asked Middle East to act fast to limit spre of pandemic. "New cases have been reported in some of most vulnerable countries with fragile health systems," WHO's director for Eastern Mediterranean region said. 

"We still have a window of opportunity, but this window is slowly closing day by day," he ded. Out of all countries in Middle East, war-battered Yemen and Syria are particularly vulnerable to outbreak and lack medical infrastructure to with vel Coronavirus. 

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