Egypt will lift restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus from Tuesday.

Restaurants will be allowed to operate longer after the 6 May order for them to close by 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT).

Businesses in Egypt have summer and winter working hours with closure time ranging from 22:00 local time to midnight.

The restrictions were imposed after a rise in coronavirus cases.

The country has more than 260,000 virus cases including more than 15.000 deaths.

The country had imposed strict measures at the start of the pandemic last year but eased out slowly.