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schema:articleBody	Egypt is seeking an aid package from the International Monetary Fund to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Sunday. In a televised press conference with the central bank governor and other ministers, Madbouli did not specify the size of the one-year financial aid package the government was seeking from the IMF alongside technical assistance. He said the loan would be negotiated "within days". Touting the North African economy's strong performance before the outbreak, he said the aid package was crucial given that flights are grounded and tourism halted. "No one knows when this crisis will end so we wanted to take some measures that would build on the economy's gains, especially after the complete shutdown of the aviation and tourism sectors," Madbouli said. Egypt's tourism sector earned $12.6 billion in 2019, the highest figure in nearly a decade. But the impact of coronavirus has been severe. Foreign reserves dropped from $45.5 billion in February to $40.1 billion at the end of the march, central bank governor Tarek Amer said. Planning Minister Hala Saeed said that even though the "unprecedented crisis" prompted by the virus had affected global markets, Egypt was still on track to achieve 4.5 percent growth this year. The country loosened its lockdown restrictions with the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, allowing shops and malls to trade on weekends and reducing curfew hours by an hour to 9pm until 6am. Egypt previously signed a $12 billion aid package with the Washington-based IMF in 2016, with the last tranche paid out last year. Since the 2011 revolt that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak, the economy of the Arab world's most populous country has sustained multiple shocks caused by political instability and security issues. The government has imposed harsh austerity measures in recent years to try to reduce its deficit, including cutting subsidies on fuel and electricity. The impact of economic reforms has been hardest on the poor, in a country where one in three live below the poverty line. ff/cm
schema:headline	Egypt seeks aid from IMF amid virus downturn
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schema:datePublished	2020-04-26 (xsd:date)
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