Egypt records 178 COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths

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Sun, 09 Aug 2020 - 09:11 GMT

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)- Photo by U.S. Army Photo

Coronavirus (COVID-19)- Photo by U.S. Army Photo

CAIRO – 9 August 2020:  Egypt recorded Sunday 178 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 95492.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 17 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5009.

As many as 1006 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 52678 so far, the spokesman said.

Egypt’s decision to ban entry of visitors to Egypt unless they show a proof of a negative PCR test does not include Egyptians or foreigners arriving at some airports, the Government spokesman and the Civil Aviation Ministry said, as coronavirus cases in the northeastern African country have kept on declining.

As per the decision, tourists included have to test negative for coronavirus 72 hours at most before entering the country.

The decision, which is set to come into effect on August 15, will also exempt Arab and foreign tourists coming by direct flights to the airports of South Sinai’s Sharm El Sheikh and Taba, and Red Sea’s Hurghada and Marsa Alam, as well as Matrouh in northern Egypt.

The health situation in Egypt became under control, Cabinet Spokesman Nader Saad said, calling on foreigners arriving at an airport other than the three aforementioned ones to take the PCR test.

Egypt on July 1 has officially resumed flights after three-month suspension due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

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