The patient was placed in isolation quarantine in the hospital.

The affected person was positioned in isolation quarantine within the hospital. On Friday February 14, the Egyptian Ministry of Well being introduced the primary confirmed case of the brand new Corona virus in Africa. The ministry stated in an announcement that the sufferer was not an Egyptian with out specifying nationality.

“The ministry has taken preventative measures and is monitoring the affected person ...

who’s steady,” stated Khaled Mujahid, a spokesman for the Ministry of Well being. Egyptian authorities notified the World Well being Group and the affected person was quarantined within the hospital. The loss of life toll of the epidemic has approached 1,400 circumstances, virtually completely in China, the place it has been acknowledged for the primary time.

Deep commerce hyperlinks with China and sometimes overburdened well being programs have raised considerations about African nations’ capability to reply to the outbreak. Earlier this month, Egypt suspended all of its home airline’s flights to China. And they’ll proceed to be punished till the top of the month.

300 Egyptians have been evacuated from Wuhan, the virus middle in China, and detained for 14 days. The affected person was positioned in isolation quarantine within the hospital. On Friday February 14, the Egyptian Ministry of Well being introduced the primary confirmed case of the brand new Corona virus in Africa.

The ministry stated in an announcement that the sufferer was not an Egyptian with.