![An employee asks people to wait outside a bakery and pastry shop named "The Baker" and known as "El Khabaz", for traditional Eid al-Fitr festivities sweets and biscuits, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, Egypt May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YZDWWOO3PHC5MKSEYPMJEAZRHU.jpg?smart=true&auth=df86cb71475a0319f5453b7eae2cecee2965f83d88195d23e96ebe59b24c632a&width=400&height=225)
Customers wait for their turn outside a bakery in the Cairo suburb of Maadi during a rush to buy sweets for Eid Al Fitr. Reuters
Customers wait for their turn outside a bakery in the Cairo suburb of Maadi during a rush to buy sweets for Eid Al Fitr. Reuters
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