Plane carrying 320 Egyptians stranded in Moscow arrives at Marsa Allam airport

HURGHADA, May 1 (MENA) - Marsa Alam airport on Friday received a plane coming from Moscow with 320 Egyptian nationals on board, said an official source with the airport.

The source added that a health ministry's team carried out coronavirus tests for all passengers and crew members and sent samples to laboratories to see if they are free of the virus.

The passengers and crew members have been transferred to a hotel in Marsa Allam resort city to be placed under quarantine for 14 days, as part of precautionary measures to counter the novel coronavirus pandemic, the source noted.