Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population and the regional office of the World Health Organization announced the third case of coronavirus in Egypt of an Egyptian national who returned from Serbia. The statement specified that the 44-year-old Egyptian citizen came to Egypt transit through France, and did not show any symptoms in Egypt until a few days later. He was tested positive on Thursday, and is now being transferred to the isolation hospital to receive the necessary medical care. This makes it the third case of coronavirus in Egypt, with the first one announced late February of a Chinese national who has since then been recovered, according to the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. The second case was in early March of a Canadian expert who worked for an oil company in Matrouh and was immediately transferred to the isolation hospital to receive medical care. ORIGINS OF THE OUTBREAK The virus – which is also officially known as 2019-nCoV – is considered a strain of the coronavirus. The WHO defines the latter as “a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to…
Third Case of Coronavirus in Egypt of an Egyptian Returning From Serbia
March 5, 2020
