The two stories leading the conversation on the airwaves last night: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Saudi Arabia’s decision to bar travelers from Egypt and 19 other countries from entering due to covid-19. We have chapter and verse in What We’re Tracking Today and Current Affairs, above.

Elsewhere, the Nipah virus was still on the agenda for Yahduth Fi Misr's Sherif Amer, who called up World Health Organization Regional Advisor Maha Talaat for yet another confirmation that there is no confirmed outbreak of the virus in China (watch, runtime: 3:00).

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