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Two confirmed cases of the new COVID-19 variant EG.5.2 have been detected in Egypt, announced to the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population in a statement released on 22 August. The ministry’s statement revealed that the two cases showed mild symptoms and are currently recovering. The ministry’s preventive medicine department has been monitoring medical centers nationwide for cases of influenza-like illnesses, acute respiratory diseases, and pneumonia. Following the detection of symptoms in a patient, the department takes throat and nasal…