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

This is a good source. I have used them for years.

Health announces the first case of corona infection in Egypt for a foreign person

Friday, February 14, 2020 7:04 PM
The Ministry of Health and Corona
Walid Abdel Salam wrote


The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today the discovery of the first positive case of corona virus emerging in the country for a "foreign" person.

Dr. Khaled Mujahid, Advisor to the Minister of Health and Population for Media Affairs and the official spokesperson of the ministry, said that the ministry succeeded in discovering the first case of a foreign person infected with "Corona" virus, thanks to the preventive precaution plan implemented by the ministry by activating the electronic program to record and follow-up of arrivals from countries that showed infections With the emerging coronavirus and through the preventive teams that follow them around the clock, indicating that laboratory tests were conducted for the suspected case, which resulted in a positive virus, but without any symptoms.

Mujahid added that the World Health Organization was immediately informed, and all preventive measures and measures of the case were taken in cooperation with the World Health Organization, where the case was transferred to a self-sterilized ambulance to the hospital for isolation, follow-up, and reassurance, explaining that the condition is HIV-positive and does not appear on it No symptoms, and his condition is completely stable.

He said that the Ministry has taken strict preventive measures against those in contact with the situation through conducting the necessary analyzes that were negative for the virus, and they were self-isolated in their places of residence as a precautionary measure for 14 days "incubation period of the disease", pointing to their follow-up periodically every 8 hours and giving them health instructions to be followed And the building in which the case was used and those in contact with it were sterilized.

In this regard, Dr. John Gabor, the representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, praised the speed and transparency of the Egyptian government in dealing with the situation, and its keenness to inform the organization of the case as soon as it is suspected, praising the preventive measures taken by the Ministry of Health and Population regarding the discovered case and those who are in contact with it.

John stressed that Egypt is one of the first countries to develop a good preventive plan to address the emerging corona virus and how to deal with infected cases once they are discovered.

The Minister of Health and Population also held, today, Friday, an expanded meeting with the leadership of the Ministry to follow up the implementation of the Ministry's plan to address and deal with the emerging corona virus, in the Ministry's general office, stressing that all preventive measures are taken in the country's ports.

The Minister of Health and Population is following 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, stressing to raise the levels of readiness to the utmost In all ports and airports nationwide.

https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/2/1...%D9%89/4631483
 
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A joint media statement between the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization

The discovery of the first case of "foreign" carrier of the emerging corona virus in Egypt

It announced the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization, today announced the first positive case of a carrier of the virus discovery of Corona emerging within the country of a person "foreigner".

Dr. Khaled Mujahid, Advisor to the Minister of Health and Population for Media Affairs, and the official spokesperson for the ministry, said that the ministry succeeded in discovering the first case of a foreign person infected with "Corona" virus thanks to the preventive precaution plan implemented by the ministry by activating the electronic program to record and follow-up coming from the countries in which it appeared Infections with the emerging coronavirus and through the preventive teams that follow them around the clock, indicating that laboratory tests were conducted for the suspected case, which resulted in a positive virus, but without any symptoms.

Mujahid added that the World Health Organization was immediately informed, and all preventive measures and measures were taken in cooperation with the World Health Organization, where the case was transferred to a self-sterilized ambulance to the hospital for isolation, follow-up, and reassurance, explaining that the case is HIV-positive and It shows no symptoms, and its condition is completely stable.

He said that the Ministry has taken strict preventive measures against those in contact with the situation through conducting the necessary analyzes that were negative for the virus, and they were self-isolated in their places of residence as a precautionary measure for 14 days "incubation period of the disease", pointing to their follow-up periodically every 8 hours and giving them health instructions to be followed Also, the building in which the case was used and those in contact with it were sterilized.

In this regard, Dr. John Gabor, the representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, praised the speed and transparency of the Egyptian government in dealing with the situation, and its keenness to inform the organization of the case as soon as it is suspected, praising the preventive measures taken by the Ministry of Health and Population regarding the discovered case and those who are in contact with it.

"John" stressed that Egypt is one of the first countries to develop a good preventive plan to address the emerging corona virus and how to deal with infected cases once they are discovered. Egypt is also one of the first countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region that the organization provided with accurate reagents to detect those infected with the new corona virus.

The Minister of Health and Population also held, today, Friday, an expanded meeting with the leadership of the Ministry to follow up the implementation of the Ministry's plan to address and deal with the emerging corona virus, in the Ministry's general office, stressing that all preventive measures are taken in the country's ports.

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, stressing to raise the levels of readiness to the utmost In all ports and airports nationwide.

https://ar-ar.facebook.com/Official.Ministry.of.Health.Egy/
 
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 15 FEBRUARY 2020. On 14 February 2020, the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Dr Hala Zayed, confirmed the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Egypt.

In her statement, she confirmed that the patient is male, 33 years old, of foreign origin and is currently receiving treatment at an isolation centre in Egypt. The 17 contacts of the patient have tested negative, and all of them are under home isolation for 14 days. They are being followed up by the Ministry of Health and Population.

more...

http://africacdc.org/press-centre/n...sease-statement-by-the-director-of-africa-cdc
 
Source: https://www.egyptindependent.com/co...e-test-negative-for-symptoms-health-ministry/


Contacts with Egypt’s first coronavirus case test negative for symptoms: Health Ministry
Al-Masry Al-Youm
February 16, 2020
12:34 pm

People in contact with Egypt’s first recorded coronovirus case, a Chinese national, tested negative for symptoms in an examination conducted Saturday at the al-Nagelah Central Hospital’s Quarantine Center in Marsa Matrouh, Health Ministry Spokesperson Khaled Megahed said.

Megahed stressed the fact that no Egyptians returning from China were found to be infected.

Medical sources said that none of the Egyptians returning from Wuhan showed symptoms, and that their quarantine will end on Tuesday...
 
The confirmed case in Egypt is asymptomatic and was identified through contact screening of an Index case who travelled to Cairo between 21 January and 4 February on a business trip and tested positive for COVID-19 on 11 February in China. The confirmed case in Egypt is currently isolated in a referral hospital. Other contacts of the confirmed case are being traced, and so far, all have tested negative, but will be actively followed up on for 14 days. WHO is coordinating with national IHR focal points in China and Egypt in order to support the investigation in Egypt.

http://www.emro.who.int/media/news/update-on-covid-19-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-region.html
 
[h=1]In Pics: Health Min. evacuates 617 people from Matruh quarantine[/h] By: Egypt Today staff

Mon, Feb. 17, 2020
CAIRO - 17 February 2020: Health Minister Hala Zayed confirmed on Monday that the Egyptians who returned from Wuhan, China are in good health and do not suffer from any diseases.:magnify:
The minister also confirmed that President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi was following the Egyptians' condition until the end. she explained in a statement to the press on Monday that the Ministry of Health will honor the doctors who participated in the quarantine camp for 14 days....:tiphat:https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/...n-evacuates-617-people-from-Matruh-quarantine
 
Health" for the citizens: Avoid kissing and hugging the peace when preventing infection

Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:02 AM
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​Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population

Walid Abdel Salam wrote


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The Ministry of Health and Population warned against kissing and hugs when peace between citizens of each other, stressing that peace by hand is sufficient without having to kiss, and continued: Not kissing during peace is a precaution against transferring any possible infection, adding that personal hygiene should be preserved with the use of tissue paper when Sneezing or coughing .

The Ministry of Health and Population said, there is a series of preventive measures in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease; it includes the need to implement a sensitive surveillance system for early detection of cases and report them immediately, adding that attention must be paid to the need to sneeze in tissue or in paper towels or with any curtain to prevent the spray from flying From the person being the cause of infection .

Both the Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization announced that the result of the “pcr” analysis of a foreigner who was infected with the new COVID 19 virus.While in Egypt, it came negative, 48 hours after entering the hospital designated for isolation, since it was announced as the first case of corona virus last Friday.

Dr. Khaled Mujahid, adviser to the Minister of Health and Population for Media Affairs and the official spokesperson of the ministry, explained that during the follow-up of the foreign medical team and conducting periodic checks and analyzes, the course of Three consecutive days, and the result of ta "pcr" analysis was conducted for him under the supervision of both the Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization, for a period of six times over the analysis was negative each time, adding that the health of the person was monitored through the medical teams around the clock in the hospital designated for isolation, as his health is good and he did not show any symptoms during that period.

For his part, Dr. John Jabbour, the representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt indicated that all the measures taken to monitor this situation were carried out in full coordination with the World Health Organization and in accordance with its scientific and technical guidelines, especially with regard to laboratory procedures .

Mujahid stressed that Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, continues to follow up the crisis room, which works 24 hours a day, raise the degree of maximum preparedness in all ports and airports at the republic level, and follow-up the situation first with regard to the "Corona emerging" virus, stressing that all preventive and preventive measures are taken .

https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/2/...والأحضان-عند-السلام-منعًا-لنقل-العدوى/4637918
 
Twelve patients cured, several in serious condition: what we know of the 38 cases of coronavirus in France
...
Two people fell ill from a trip to Egypt

The minister also said that two people were hospitalized in serious condition after an organized trip to Egypt in a group of 20 people. J?r?me Salomon, Director General of Health, who succeeded him at the microphone, detailed:

"These are two relatively elderly people who are currently in intensive care, one in Brest, the other in Dijon and the rest of the group, about twenty people, will be contacted".
...
https://www.bfmtv.com/sante/olivier...-coronavirus-confirmes-en-france-1865718.html
 
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-detects-second-case-coronavirus-225606847.html

Egypt detects second case of new coronavirus -health ministry
[Reuters]
Reuters•March 1, 2020

CAIRO, March 1 (Reuters) - Egypt's health ministry announced on Sunday that one foreigner was tested positive for the new coronavirus strain inside Egypt, the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page.

The ministry said that the person, whose nationality was not announced, was taken to an isolation hospital and is currently receiving the necessary medical care...
 
Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCon...onavirus-case-in-Egypt-is-Canadian-oil-w.aspx


Second coronavirus case in Egypt is Canadian oil worker: Company
Sama Osama , Monday 2 Mar 2020

The second coronavirus case detected in Egypt is a Canadian employee of Khalda Petroleum (KPC), the company announced on Monday.

The statement added that the employee, an oil field expert, tested positive for the virus, and that the company had imposed precautionary tests on its workers in the oil fields and at its headquarters in Cairo.

Assistant to the President of the Company for Medical Affairs Ahmed Sherine said that, after the case was detected, the company dealt with it in accordance with the Egyptian health ministry's guidelines...
 
Source: https://infosurhoy.com/news/egypt-confirms-3rd-case-of-novel-coronavirus-ministry/

Egypt confirms 3rd case of novel coronavirus: ministry
By Denis Bedoya on March 5, 2020 News

CAIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement Thursday that an Egyptian citizen was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the number of confirmed cases inside Egypt to three.

“The case is a 44-year-old Egyptian citizen returning from Serbia who had transited via France for 12 hours,” said the statement released by Egyptian Health Ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed.

Megahed said that upon his return to Egypt, the person did not show any symptoms. “However, minor symptoms have appeared a few days later.”

According to the statement, the affected went to a hospital where he was tested positive on Thursday...
 
[h=1]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[/h] 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 .

https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/3/...ون-فيروس-كورونا-سائحة-تايوانية-من-أصل/4659960
 
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....:tiphat:https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/c...or-middle-east
 
Source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/articl...rus-33-new-cases-in-egypt-on-nile-cruise-ship

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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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.

https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/3/8...D9%807/4662968
 
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