The muezzin, Sheikh Mohamad Salem, calls to prayer from inside an empty Al-Azhar mosque, April 18, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times

Inside the closed Al-Azhar mosque, Saturday April 18, 2020. Workers at Al- Azhar mosque are taking the opportunity to disinfect all parts of the historic mosque in central Cairo. All mosques across the country have been closed to attempt to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Sima Diab for The New York Times

An empty chair under a clock which keeps the prayers times inside the historic Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt. While mosques across the country, including the Al-Azhar mosque are closed to stop the spread of coronavirus, mosque officials have begun to disinfect all areas of the mosque. April, 18, 2020 Sima Diab for The New York Times

 A man looks in to a large Ramadan lantern shop in the Bab Zuwayla neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, April 19, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times

A closed shop selling Ramadan lanterns in the Bab Zuwayla neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday April 18, 2020. Normally the market would be teaming with pedestrian traffic and shops selling Ramadan lanterns ahead of the mont-long fast, but government restrictions to curb coronavirus has mandated all nonessential shops be shuttered on the weekends. Sima Diab for The New York Times

A man points to a lantern at a shop selling Ramadan decorations in the Bab Zuwayla neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, April 19, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times

Staff of the Granita Cafe package fresh cooked meals on the first day of Ramadan, April 24, 2020.Restaurants and cafes were closed except for delivery, throughout the month of Ramadan to curb the spread of coronavirus in Egypt. Nazli Shahine, 48, the co-owner of Granita cafe turned the kitchen of her cafe to a relief kitchen providing meals for the poor in Cairo. Sima Diab for The New York Times

Staff of Granita cafe in Cairo, Egypt help load 200 freshly made meals on a to a truck to be delivered and distributed to the poor on the first day of Ramadan, April 24, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times

Staff of Granita cafe in Cairo, Egypt help load 200 freshly made meals on a to a truck to be delivered and distributed to the poor on the first day of Ramadan, April 24, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times