Egypt’s Health Ministry on alert after Chinese coronavirus outbreak

Egypt’s Health Ministry on alert after Chinese coronavirus outbreak

Egypt's Ministry of Health announced that all quarantine departments at air, sea, and land ports are on alert after the World Health Organization's (WHO) warning against a potential spread of a new coronavirus (CoV).. The new coronavirus is believed to have spread from Wuhan in central China and has infected more than 290 people in the country.. The Chinese authorities have also announced that the virus has resulted in six cases of death, where the virus mimicked symptoms of pneumonia.. Alaa Eid, head of preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health, said that all arrivals from the areas where the disease originated were checked when entering the country, and that any passenger found positive for the virus would be immediately quarantined.. Several countries have taken several measures, such as Japan where one case has been detected..