Sources at the Ministry of Health and Population said that 4 new cases of corona virus were detected, among them 3 cases in a hotel near the airport that mixed with the Canadian engineer, and the fourth mixed with the German tourist who died.
The sources said that this brings the number of cases infected to Egypt to 59.
The Ministry of Health and Population, represented in the preventive medicine sector, confirmed that the Ministry does not direct any preventive teams to homes to sterilize them except for the places where a coronemic epidemic has emerged as a result of contact with an infected person or his presence for any reason.
The Ministry of Health and Population said that any teams whose craft cleansed and disinfected homes impersonate the Ministry of Health are dealt with legally, stressing that the identity of any person who will perform work at home, whether private or public, must be verified.
The Ministry of Health added that some people take advantage of the crises to collect amounts of illusions by pretending to clean houses, disinfect them and sterilize them due to the existence of the Corona epidemic by claiming that they are part of the Ministry of Health and Preventive Population teams.
The Ministry of Health and Population announced that the total number of cases that proved positive for the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) has reached 55 cases.
Today, 7 cases, including 4 foreigners and 3 Egyptians, including an Egyptian returning from Umrah, and two Egyptians who are in contact with the case of the Egyptian returning from Serbia, pointing out that the four foreigners are in contact with previously announced cases among them. The case of her death being announced today.
The statement added that 45 positive cases of corona virus were detected on the Nile cruise ship coming from Aswan to Luxor without any symptoms, as positive cases were transferred to the hospital designated for isolation, and the cases that turned negative were transferred to quarantine, as well The Nile Cruise ship has been disinfected and sterilized.
The Ministry of Health and Population continues to raise its preparedness in all ports of the country (air, land, and sea), follow the situation first-hand regarding the “Corona emerging” virus, and take all necessary precautions against any viruses or infectious diseases.
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