The quarantined Egyptians
returning from China left on Monday, Health Minister Hala Zayed announced,
confirming that they are all healthy and free from the coronavirus.
While on an inspection tour of the Asmara Health Bureau Two, Zayed said that the ministry carefully followed up the returnees during their 14-day quarantine period.
She added that Egypt’s first confirmed case of the coronavirus, a Chinese national, has been quarantined. WHO Egypt wrote on Twitter that though the person was positive for the virus, they showed no symptoms and are in a stable condition.
In China, the latest death toll from the virus rose to 1,770, with an additional 100 deaths reported Sunday in Hubei according to CNN.
Reuters reported that there have been about 500 cases outside mainland China in some two dozen countries and territories, with four deaths confirmed – in Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines and France.
Source: Egypt Independent
