Egypt - Ministry of Health: Covid-19 Cases - 100,228 cases, 5,560 deaths

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The discovery of 12 Egyptians carrying the Corona virus .. A Taiwanese tourist of American descent transmitted the virus to them on a Nile steamship .. Health: The information came to the World Health Organization and informed us of it and we examined all contacts and transported the injured to the isolation hospital

Friday, 06 March 2020 02:36 PM
Corona Virus
Walid Abdel Salam wrote


The Ministry of Health, Population and the World Health Organization revealed details of the detection of 12 positive cases of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) carrying the virus and they did not show any symptoms on board one of the Nile ships coming from Aswan Governorate to Luxor Governorate .

The ministry said: The details of the story are due to the fact that a Taiwanese tourist of American origin was on board the ship, and upon her return to her country, information was received from the World Health Organization and the International Health Regulations on the discovery of her infection with the Corona virus.

She continued: The report of the organization indicated that it is the basic cause of infection for the cases that have been discovered (index case) , noting that immediately the Ministry of Health and Population, in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, took all preventive and precautionary measures against those in contact with the case and made the necessary checks .

The Ministry confirmed that the health status of all those who had contact with her and who were with her on board the ship was followed up within 14 days and they did not show any symptoms, indicating that analyzes of the (pcr) were performed on them on the 14th day i.e. at the end of the virus incubation period, and it was found that there were 12 cases Positive for coronavirus, that is, virus carriers, from the Egyptians working on the ship without symptoms .

The Ministry added that the 12 positive cases are being transferred to the hospital designated for isolation, and that the remaining cases are being subjected to quarantine for another 14 days, which is the incubation period of the disease to monitor their health and check on them .

It is worth noting that three cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) were announced in Egypt, the first case of a foreign person who was a carrier of the virus, and received excellent medical care, and a "pcr" analysis was done for him under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and Population and according to the standards of the World Health Organization , Several times in a row, most recently after spending 14 days inside the quarantine, and the result of the analysis was negative every time, and the quarantine left, and the second case of a foreign person announced last Sunday, March 1, 2020, and was immediately isolated in the designated isolation hospital, and he is receiving care His medical condition is stable and all his tests confirm his condition Yeh, in addition to the third case of Egyptian returnees from the state of Serbia , through France , "transit for 12 hours" and was transferred to the designated hospital for isolation and receive the necessary medical care .

In this regard, the Ministry of Health confirmed that once any injury is suspected, it will be announced immediately, in full transparency, in accordance with the International Health Regulations, and in coordination with the World Health Organization .

For his part, Dr. John Jabbour, representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, stressed that the detection of these cases carrying the virus confirms the effectiveness and efficiency of the preventive plan that the Ministry of Health and Population has put in place to deal with the emerging corona virus and how to deal with infected cases when they are discovered, praising the speed and transparency typical of the Egyptian government in notifying and dealing with The position and its keenness to inform the organization as soon as any case is suspected .

He said that the ministry continues to raise the maximum levels of readiness in all ports and airports at the republic level and follow up the situation in an up-to-date manner regarding the emerging corona virus, stressing that all preventive measures are taken .

The Minister of Health and Population follows the convening of the 24-hour Crisis Management Chamber, which includes representatives from all ministries and relevant authorities, at the Ministry's general office, to follow up the situation of the Corona virus emerging inside the country and the Ministry's preventive plan in the ports and ports and all health directorates in the Republic .

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Coronavirus: Egypt confirms 12 new cases on cruise ship in Luxor

Egyptian authorities say all those who tested positive for coronavirus did not show visible signs of the disease
Egypt's health minister in quarantine after returning from "a solidarity trip" in China on 6 March 2020 (Twitter/@MohpEgypt)

Published date: 6 March 2020 12:11 UTC Egypt announced on Friday that 12 new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected on a cruise ship in the southern tourist city of Luxor.
The 12 people who have tested positive for the virus are Egyptians working on the cruise from Aswan to Luxor, according to a joint statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation.

They have not displayed any visible symptoms of the virus, also known as COVID-19, the statement said.

The source of the infections is likely to be a Taiwanese-American tourist recently diagnosed upon her return from Egypt to the United States, the spokesperson of the health ministry Khaled Megahed said.

The statement contradicts an earlier statement by the Minister of Health H....https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/c...or-middle-east

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Coronavirus: 33 new cases in Egypt on Nile cruise ship
The first cases emerged after a Taiwanese-American woman who had been on the cruise tested positive.
Devdiscourse News Desk | Cairo | Updated: 08-03-2020 01:51 IST | Created: 08-03-2020 01:51 IST

The ship arrived in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor on Thursday from Aswan, further upstream, and was towed to a position outside the city and placed under quarantine, state media reported. The first cases emerged after a Taiwanese-American woman who had been on the cruise tested positive for the coronavirus upon her return home.

None of the new cases were showing symptoms of the virus, Health Minister Hala Zayed told reporters. Of 12 suspected cases among the crew announced on Friday, 11 tested negative, she said, but would nevertheless be quarantined for two weeks. Tourism is a key sector in Egypt's economy and an important source of foreign exchange. It has recently recovered after years of disruption after Egypt's 2011 uprising...

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First coronavirus death recorded in Egypt in German citizen: Health ministry

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Health: German died of corona virus 7 days after his arrival from his country

Sun, 08 March 2020 06:21 PM

Walid Abdel Salam wrote


Today, Sunday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced the death of the first case of a German citizen from the emerging coronavirus (Covid 19).

Dr. Khaled Mujahid, adviser to the Minister of Health and Population for Media Affairs and the official spokesman of the ministry, said that the German citizen is 60 years old, and he showed satisfactory symptoms of a high temperature when he arrived from Luxor Governorate to Hurghada, where he went to Hurghada General Hospital on the evening of his arrival Friday Last March 6, to receive medical care, the necessary tests were performed and the sample was taken, which was positive for the new corona virus on Saturday, March 7, and was placed in intensive care due to the fact that he suffers from respiratory failure caused by acute pneumonia, and refused to transfer to the designated isolation hospital, then She got worse His consciousness disorder occurred, and he died today, Sunday, March 8.

He pointed out that immediately the Ministry of Health and Population, in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, took all necessary preventive measures, and the hospital was sterilized and disinfected.

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Number of COVID-19 cases in Egypt rises to 55: Heath Ministry
Xinhua, March 9, 2020

CAIRO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Egypt announced that seven new cases were tested positive for COVID-19 inside Egypt, making the total number of confirmed cases to 55, the Health Ministry said in a statement on early Monday.

"The seven new cases included four foreigners and three Egyptians, one came from Saudi after performed the Ummrah and the other two were in direct contact with an Egyptian returned from Serbia lately," Egyptian Health Ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed said.

Megahed added the 45 cases that were found in a Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor have not carried any symptoms, noting "the cases that were tested positive have been transferred to a special hospital for isolation."...

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Egypt reports 55 confirmed coronavirus cases and first casualty
March 10, 2020
Written by VOA

Egypt's Health Minister Hala Zayed inspects moored river boats along the coast of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor on March 8, 2020

Egypt's Health Minister Hala Zayed inspects moored river boats along the coast of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor on March 8, 2020

Egypt is reporting its first death from the coronavirus, or COVID-19 — a German tourist who came down with the infection during a visit to Luxor. Increasing numbers of casualties from the virus in Iran also have the government there scrambling, while some Gulf states have closed schools and stopped flights to neighboring countries.

Egypt is testing tourists for the coronavirus at Cairo airport, after a number of foreign visitors came down with the disease and a German man died after visiting Luxor...

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Egypt- Closing schools due to COVID-19? Government believes unnecessary, people fear things get worse
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3/10/2020 7:26:07 PM

(MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) A hashtag for suspending schools in Egypt on Twitter was trending as fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are on the rise, however, Minister of Education Tarek Shawki insisted there is no need for such directive.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that countries with community transmission should consider closing schools, cancelling mass gatherings, and other measures to reduce exposure.

Earlier, Egypt's cabinet decided to halt all events and large public gatherings as well as the movement of large groups of people between governorates as part of preventative measures against the spread of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Interior also decided to suspend visitation for prison inmates nationwide for 10 days due the disease fears.

In the meantime, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has also taken preventative measures by cancelling all sports events except international activities. It has also halted all events and sports gatherings of intensive density and has coordinated with the Ministry of Health to sterilise training areas.

The Egyptian Football Association's (EFA) normalisation committee also issued a decree to hold all upcoming football matches without fans in order to ensure the public's safety. "All matches are to be held without fans until further notice," the EFA said in a statement on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health announced late Monday that it has detected four new cases of COVID-19; three Egyptians and a foreigner. At the time of writing, the total number of Coronavirus cases in Egypt reached 59, of whom 26 have recovered...

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Coronavirus: Egyptian school student tests positive as one woman dies in Nile delta
Egypt has reported 80 coronavirus cases and two deaths as of Thursday, with the ancient city of Luxor under semi-lockdown

By MEE staff
Published date: 13 March 2020 14:57 UTC | Last update: 6 min 45 sec ago

A student at a Cairo school has tested positive for the coronavirus, one day after authorities had closed the school for quarantine, a health ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

According to Khaled Mogahed, one student at the City International School in the Zamalek district in the capital had contracted the virus after his father had been in contact with an infected foreign national...

...First death in Nile delta

The second death was reported on Thursday: a 60-year-old Egyptian woman from the Nile delta governorate of Dakahliya.

According to a health ministry statement, the woman was hospitalised in Mansoura on Wednesday after suffering from acute pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus.

She was then transferred to a specialised hospital for quarantine but died a day later...

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Via Facebook, from MOH Egypt: 93 cases as of friday 13 march

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Egypt reports 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringing total to 110: Ministry
Of the 110 patients, 21 have recovered and 33 others have tested negative
Ahram Online , Sunday 15 Mar 2020

Egypt has registered 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total of number of cases detected in the country to 110, the health ministry said in a statement.

The new cases reported are 14 Egyptians and three foreigners, the ministry said. Two of the Egyptians had returned from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, while the rest had come into contact with previously diagnosed carriers...

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/202..._138881015.htm

Egypt's COVID-19 cases rise to 126

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-16 05:22:19|Editor: Mu Xuequan


CAIRO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Egypt detected 16 new cases of COVID-19, raising the confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country to 126, the Egyptian Health Ministry said Sunday.
"The new 16 cases include eight Egyptians and eight foreigners of different nationalities," the ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.
He noted that five more cases recovered and were discharged from the quarantine hospital on Sunday, increasing the number of cured cases to 26.
Egypt so far has confirmed two death cases of COVID-19...

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Coronavirus: Egypt announces temporary closure of its airports

AFP16 / 03/2020

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced Monday that the country's airports will be closed from Thursday until March 31 due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

"Flights will be suspended from Thursday, March 19 and until March 31 (...) This is to reduce the number of immediate interactions with tourists arriving or leaving Egypt," he said. reported during a televised press conference.
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On Sunday, 126 cases of new coronavirus were officially detected in Egypt and two people died from the disease in the country.

In recent weeks, several countries, including France, the United States, Lebanon and Tunisia have reported cases of Covid-19 in people who have stayed in Egypt.

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Coronavirus: Cases in Egypt rise to 150
By: Egypt Today staff
Mon, Mar. 16, 2020

CAIRO - 16 March 2020: The number of cases infected with Coronavirus (Covid 2019) in Egypt reached 150, including 80 Egyptian nationals, announced Egyptian Minister of Information Osama Heikal in remarks to the media at the headquarters of the Cabinet downtown Cairo on Monday.

He added that the Cabinet’’s decision to suspend the international flights as of Thursday noon, March 18, 2020, came as a preventive measure to protect the lives of the Egyptians. ..

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Source: https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/03/17/e...-virus-deaths/


Egypt quarantines 300 families after coronavirus deaths
By Nyawira Mwangi -
19 mins ago

Over 300 families have been placed under quarantine in Egypt in a Delta village to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after two deaths were recorded this month originating from the area...

...The directive comes after Egypt recorded two new deaths, raising the death toll to four.

Egypt’s health ministry said on Monday that a 50-year-old Egyptian man died after coming into contact with a 72-year old woman who died on March 12 from COVID-19 who came from the same village now under quarantine.

The other case was of German man in Luxor, where coronavirus cases originated on a Nile boat that was later quarantined.

Egypt has confirmed a total of 166 cases after the ministry recorded 40 new cases, 35 of them Egyptians and five foreigners of various nationalities..