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

Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-03/09/content_75792973.htm

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."...
 
Source: https://observer.ug/news/headlines/...onfirmed-coronavirus-cases-and-first-casualty


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...
 
Source: https://menafn.com/1099829557/Egypt...eves-unnecessary-people-fear-things-get-worse

Egypt- Closing schools due to COVID-19? Government believes unnecessary, people fear things get worse
Date
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...
 
Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-egypt-second-death-nile-delta-student-tests-positive

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...
 
Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCon...rts--new-cases-of-coronavirus,-bringing-.aspx

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...
 
Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/16/c_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...
 
Translation Google

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.
...
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.

...
https://www.lorientlejour.com/artic...ne-fermeture-temporaire-de-ses-aeroports.html
 
Source: https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/82668/Coronavirus-Cases-in-Egypt-rise-to-150



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. ..
 
Source: https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/03/17/egypt-quarantines-300-families-after-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..
 
Source: https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/03...ts-press-credentials-over-covid-19-reporting/

Egypt Revokes The Guardian Journalist’s Press Credentials Over COVID-19 Reporting
Egyptian Streets
March 17, 2020

Egypt’s State Information Services (SIS) announced on Tuesday afternoon that the press accreditation of The Guardian’s Cairo correspondent Ruth Michaelson has been revoked.

According to SIS, the correspondent’s accreditation was revoked as a result of her recent article on the number of COVID-19 cases in Egypt which failed to meet ‘journalistic standards’.

SIS also issued a warning to New York Times correspondent Declan Walsh who had tweeted figures from a University of Toronto scientific study.

The decision by SIS came after 73 Egyptian scientists from around the world wrote a letter to the president of the University of Toronto decrying Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a clinical investigator at Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI).

According to the signatories, Dr. Bogoch has tweeted false claims that the number of coronavirus cases in Egypt is 19,310. These claims, which come from a study led by Dr. Bogoch, were used in an article by The Guardian and tweeted by NYT’s Walsh...
 
Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/egypt-cuts-working-hours-for-restaurants-mal-868984.html

Egypt Cuts Working Hours For Restaurants, Malls, Nonessential Services Over COVID-19
Sumaira FH 14 minutes ago Thu 19th March 2020 | 05:02 PM

CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th March, 2020) The Egyptian government has restricted nighttime operations of non-essential retail and entertainment services due to the coronavirus disease spread till the end of the month, its press service said on Thursday...

...As of Thursday, Egypt has had 210 confirmed coronavirus cases, including six fatalities and 28 people who have recovered.
 
Source: https://www.egyptindependent.com/eg...-and-one-additional-death-total-cases-at-256/


Egypt confirms 46 new coronavirus cases and one additional death, total cases at 256
Egypt Independent
March 20, 2020
11:16 am

Egypt announced on Thursday evening 46 new cases of coronavirus, including four foreigners from different nationalities and 42 Egyptians, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 256.

Egypt’s Health Ministry also announced one new death from the virus — a 68-year-old Egyptian from Giza Governorate who passed away at a quarantine hospital.

Seven people have died from complications of the virus in Egypt...
 
Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-03/21/content_75840919.htm

Egypt confirms 29 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
Xinhua, March 21, 2020

CAIRO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Health Ministry on Friday reported 29 new COVID-19 cases and one more death from the disease, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 285, including eight deaths.

The new cases included one foreigner and 28 Egyptians, who were in contact with previously announced cases or recently returned from abroad, said the ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed in a statement.

The spokesman added that a 60-year-old Egyptian man, who recently returned from Italy, died from the COVID-19 infection.

Megahed revealed that the cases whose tests turned from positive to negative for COVID-19 rose to 60, while 11 cases, six foreigners and five Egyptians, including a physician and a nurse, have left isolation hospitals...
 
Source: https://www.egyptindependent.com/eg...and-two-additional-deaths-total-cases-at-294/

Egypt confirms 9 new coronavirus cases and two additional deaths, total cases at 294
Egypt Independent
March 21, 2020
10:08 pm

Egypt announced on Saturday evening 9 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 294.

Egypt’s Health Ministry also announced two new deaths from the virus — a 68-year-old Egyptian woman and a 75-year-old Egyptian man from Giza Governorate...
 
Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/egypt-reports-four-more-deaths-from-coronavirus/1775380

Egypt reports four more deaths from coronavirus
Death toll now 14 with 327 confirmed cases, says Health Ministry
Ibrahim Ramadan and Hamdi Yildiz | 23.03.2020

ISTANBUL

Egypt’s Health Ministry said Sunday that four more people have died from the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s death toll to 14.

In a statement, the ministry announced 33 new cases for a total of 327, adding 56 people have recovered from the disease.

Meanwhile country’s Al-Ahram daily announced on its website that a senior military officer had died from the coronavirus. Major General Khaled Shaltout was infected while taking part in a countrywide sterilization operation...
 
Source: https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/82930/Health-Ministry-sets-new-definition-for-Covid-19-suspects





Health Ministry sets new definition for Covid-19 suspects
By: Egypt Today staff
Mon, Mar. 23, 2020

According to the new definition, the first case is that a person is suspected to be infected with COVID-19 if they had any of the elements of the epidemiological history with the clinical symptoms. The second case is if a person had the three clinical symptoms altogether...

The ministry explained that epidemiological history's elements include:

1- If the patient had traveled or resided in any community or country where confirmed Covid-19 cases existed, within 14 days before symptoms appear.

2- If the patient contacted positive Covid-19 cases within 14 days before symptoms appear.

3- If the patient contacted patients with fever or respiratory problems from communities or countries with confirmed Covid-19 cases during 14 days before symptoms appear...
 
Source: https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-imposes-partial-curfew-over-virus-1.1585051382894

Egypt imposes partial curfew over virus
Violators to face Emergency Law penalties
Published: March 24, 2020 15:59 Ramadan Al Sherbini,

Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli on Tuesday announced it will impose a partial curfew across the nation in an effort to contain the spread of the new coronavarius. The curfew will take effect as of Wednesday starting from 7pm (9pm UAE time) until 6am.

He also said that all commercial businesses will be closed down from 5pm and 6am daily with a complete shutdown on Friday and Saturday. Grocery stores and pharmacies are exempted from the order. The premier warned that non-compliance will be punishable by penalties under the Emergency Law...

...Egypt has recorded a total of 19 deaths from the Covid-19 among 366 cases so far...
 
Source: https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/...y-36-new-COVID-19-cases-detected-80-recovered
Health Ministry: 36 new COVID-19 cases detected, 80 recovered
By: MENA
Wed, Mar. 25, 2020

CAIRO - 25 March 2020: The Health Ministry announced that 36 new cases, including one foreigner, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections to 402 till Tuesday...
...Egypt recorded the 20th fatality today after a 54-year-old woman from Alexandria died from the virus, he noted.
 
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