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Egypt’s Interior Ministry denies reports of COVID-19 infections among prisoners
By: Egypt Today staff
Sun, May. 17, 2020
CAIRO – 17 May 2020: The Egyptian Interior Ministry early on Sunday has “totally” denied reports that some detainees in a prominent police station in Cairo have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement by the ministry’s media center said.
This comes as reports by Turkish-based TV channel Mekameleen, known for hostility toward the Egyptian state, have quoted human rights sources as saying that some of the detainees in Nasr City Police Department 1 have contracted the novel virus.
The center said such reports were published by some channels affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood group and that these reports come within the framework of the attempts of these “seditious” channels to spread rumors and confusion in public opinion...
Egypt’s Interior Ministry denies reports of COVID-19 infections among prisoners
By: Egypt Today staff
Sun, May. 17, 2020
CAIRO – 17 May 2020: The Egyptian Interior Ministry early on Sunday has “totally” denied reports that some detainees in a prominent police station in Cairo have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement by the ministry’s media center said.
This comes as reports by Turkish-based TV channel Mekameleen, known for hostility toward the Egyptian state, have quoted human rights sources as saying that some of the detainees in Nasr City Police Department 1 have contracted the novel virus.
The center said such reports were published by some channels affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood group and that these reports come within the framework of the attempts of these “seditious” channels to spread rumors and confusion in public opinion...