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The number of new coronavirus cases in Turkey rose to 1,562 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Sunday, almost double the level to which they had fallen in early June when Ankara lifted travel restrictions and reopened facilities.
The daily number of cases had been below 1,000 from late May until last Friday, hitting a low of 786 on 2 June. In the last 24 hours, 15 people died, bringing total fatalities to 4,807, the ministry data showed.
Egypt will reopen all its airports on 1 July, the civil aviation minister said on Sunday, after suspending regular international flights in March.
“Starting from 1 July we will restart the air traffic at all the airports in the republic … with countries that will reopen with us,” Mohamed Manar Anba told a news conference, according to Reuters.
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