COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
| COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt | |
|---|---|
 Map of governorates with confirmed (red) or suspected (blue) coronavirus cases (as of 13 May) | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Egypt |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Cairo |
| Arrival date | 14 February 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 5 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 10,431 (as of 13 May)[1] |
| Active cases | 7,389 (as of 13 May) |
| Recovered | 2,486 (as of 13 May) |
Deaths | 556 (as of 13 May) |
Territories | Cases in 24 Governorates [2] |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Egypt by 14 February 2020. As of 1 May 2020, there have been 5,895 confirmed cases, 1,460 recoveries and 406 deaths.[3]
Response
[change | change source]All flights from China to Egypt were banned starting on 26 January. Egypt's health ministry announced the first case in the country at Cairo International Airport involving a Chinese national on 14 February.[4][5]
Egyptian authorities had talked to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the patient had been placed in quarantined isolation in hospital.[6]
Cases
[change | change source]On 8 March, a 60-year-old German citizen died in Hurghada, the first German fatality from the virus.[7] The next day, the World Health Organization said that there were 56 confirmed cases in Egypt.[8] On the same day, the Egyptian Minister of Tourism said that they discovered 3 additional cases with three people who work in a hotel.[9]
In early April, cases surpassed 1000.[10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "الصفحة الرسمية للمتحدث الرسمي لوزارة الصحة والسكان". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ↑ "الصحة: حالات كورونا تم اكتشافها بـ24 محافظة..وإجراءات الحكومة خفضت الإصابات". youm7.com. 22 March 2020.
- ↑ Egypt reports highest single-day coronavirus death toll at 20, plus 248 new infections on Monday[permanent dead link] at Al-Ahram (retrieved 28 April 2020)
- ↑ "Egypt announces first Coronavirus infection". Egypt Today. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ↑ "Beijing orders 14-day quarantine for all returnees". BBC News. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ↑ "Egypt's health ministry announces first confirmed coronavirus case". France 24. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt- (10 March 2020). "Coronavirus: RKI meldet 1139 Fälle – Israel weist alle Touristen aus". www.abendblatt.de.
- ↑ "عاجل.. "الصحة العالمية": ارتفاع الحالات المصابة بكورونا في مصر إلى 56". الوطن. 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "مصدر بالسياحة: إصابة 3 من العاملين بفندق "فيرمونت" بكورونا". الوطن. 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Egypt's coronavirus infection rate exceeds 1,000 on Saturday: Ministry of Health and Population". egyptindependent.com. 4 April 2020.
