COVID-19 Information for cooperation with Egypt

Last update 27 April 2021

General situation COVID-19

• Latest measures and situation in Egypt | German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• COVID-19 information | US Embassy in Cairo

Cultural and creative sector
All art and culture programmes are in line with the safety measures against Covid-19: some festivals, exhibitions, concerts and other social gatherings are organised indoors or outside with half capacity, or in a hybrid form, combining online and physical activities. Some examples of cultural highlights that have taken place in hybrid form:

• El Gouna Film Festival
• Festival and Conference of Arabic Music in various venues including Cairo Opera House, Cairo Jazz Festival
• Animatex Festival
• Cairo International Film Festival

Dutch diplomatic mission

• The Dutch embassy in Egypt informs about the local situation via the website as well as via the information service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and via the embassy's Facebook page.

Travel advice

• Latest travel advice to Egypt | Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs      
• Latest visa information | Visum Buitenland
• For the latest travel advice from abroad to the Netherlands click here

Other links

• Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt
• Ministry of Culture of Egypt
• Social media channel of the Ministry of Culture with latest updates (in Arabic only)

If you have specific questions related to your project in this country, please contact our Focal Countries Desk. For general questions you can get in touch with our Mobility Info Point. 

See here for more information on Egypt in the International Cultural Policy and the database with Dutch cultural activities internationally.

We make every effort to display and update the information on this page as correctly as possible. This information is not legally binding.