Egypt asks IMF for financial aid amid coronavirus fight

Egypt asks IMF for financial aid amid coronavirus fight

Egypt has reported 4,319 cases of the coronavirus, including 307 deaths. The IMF is also working with the Egyptian government to "support its strong set of macroeconomic policies through an SBA," the lender said.. The government wants to "preserve the gains of the economic reform programme and to take proactive steps" since it's still unclear how the virus pandemic will play out, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said earlier in a televised briefing..