Shops, restaurants to switch to summer working hours starting Saturday

A shopper walks by a store, Monday, Nov. 18, 2020 in Pembroke Pines, Fla. After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, drawing millions of shoppers eager to get started on their holiday spending. But these are not normal times.(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Shops and restaurants throughout Egypt will switch to summer working hours beginning Saturday.

Shops and malls will now be able to stay open until 11 pm (instead of 10 pm during the winter), while restaurants and cafes will have the option to stay open until 1 am (as opposed to 12 am in the winter).

Takeaway service and home delivery will still be able to operate 24 hours a day.

Workshops for plumbers, carpenters, and electricians located in residential neighborhoods can operate from 8 am to 7 pm daily, with shops on main roads and near gas stations being exempt.

Grocery stores, supermarkets, and pharmacies remain immune to the imposed curfews.

The new opening and closing hours are mandated under Egypt’s Supreme Committee for the Management of the Coronavirus Crisis, headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.