Number of coronavirus cases in Egypt rises to 55: Health Ministry – Egypttoday

Number of coronavirus cases in Egypt rises to 55: Health Ministry – Egypttoday

Number of coronavirus cases in Egypt rises to 55: Health Ministry. The Egyptian authorities said that the dead patient, 60, arrived in Hurghada port city on Friday coming from Luxor, he showed alarming symptoms of the disease to be hospitalized and later tests positive for coronavirus.. Earlier in March, the Health Ministry and the World Health Organization announced confirming 12 positive cases of the new virus on board the Nile cruise ship in Upper Egypt.. The patients on the ship coming from Aswan to Luxor were mainly infected by an American tourist from a Taiwanese origin, the ministry spokesman said, citing a report for the World Health Organization.. Egypt expresses disappointment over Sudan's GERD statement.