Policy and Crisis Management

PERHAPS WE ARE ALL WELL AWARE THAT CRISES ARE A PHENOMENON THAT ACCOMPANIES OTHER NATIONS AND PEOPLES AT ALL STAGES OF EMERGENCE, RISE, AND DECLINE. FROM THIS EXPLANATORY POINT OF VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT, WE CAN ANALYZE THE CURRENT SITUATION IN EGYPT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT IS PREPARING FOR WHAT MAY HAPPEN AND DEALING WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH A SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY BASED ON STUDYING AND ANALYZING THE CRISIS AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT WITH MINIMAL LOSSES AND DELAYING THE SUBSEQUENT CRISIS IF IT CANNOT BE DISRUPTED.
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI ORDERED THE SUSPENSION OF STUDIES AT UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING TOMORROW, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STATE PLAN TO DEAL WITH ANY POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE EMERGING CORONAVIRUS. SHE ADDED THAT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED THE ALLOCATION OF ١٠٠ ONE BILLION POUNDS TO FINANCE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ITS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
PRIME MINISTER DR. MUSTAFA MADBOULY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHICH HE ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN CLUBS TO REDUCE MIXING AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE TO LIMIT THE RAPID SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS, AND IN A RELATED CONTEXT, THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR WAS DIRECTED TO CLOSE PRIVATE LESSONS CENTERS ALONG WITH THE DECISION TO SUSPEND CLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS AS A KIND OF PREVENTIVE AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO PREVENT THE MIXING PROCESS.
THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH ISSUED A MEDIA STATEMENT IN WHICH IT DECIDED TO SUSPEND ALL CHURCH SERVICES AT DIFFERENT AGE LEVELS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO SUSPEND STUDIES IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES WHILE RESERVING THE HOLDING OF DIVINE MASSES.
THE ENDOWMENTS DECIDED TO CLOSE ALL THE SHRINES DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE STUDY.
TRULY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERISTIC OF A SKILLED LEADER IS CHOOSING THE TIMING OF MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION COMMENSURATE WITH THE SIZE OF THE CRISIS AND MOVING FORWARD IN FINDING APPROPRIATE AND REALISTIC SOLUTIONS THAT HE REALIZES AND INTERACTS WITH FAR AND WIDE, WHICH SERVES AS A LIFELINE TO CROSS THE CRISIS.
GOD SAVED EGYPT AND ITS PEOPLE, AND GOD PROTECTED EGYPT FROM THE EVIL OF EPIDEMICS AND DISEASES