Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 13 new Coronavirus patients were discovered and confirmed in the country raising the total number of Coronavirus patients to 93 officially.
According to the statement issued by the MOH, the 13 new cases include 5 Egyptians and 8
foreigners.
There is nothing available about them from the MOH’s side except that the 13 cases contracted the virus from other cases that have been discovered before as the statement read.
I wish that the MOH publishes a breakdown of the nationalities that got Coronavirus in Egypt.
The MOH also announced that one case has left the quarantine hospital in Matrouh after it was confirmed that he fully recovered and thus the total fully recovered cases increased to 21 cases.
This case is none other than Tech Rader managing editor Matt Swider who is returning back to the United States tomorrow.
Here is the full MOH’s statement in Arabic.
According to the statement issued by the MOH, the 13 new cases include 5 Egyptians and 8
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Swider with the nurses and doctors of Quarantine hospital "Matt Swider" |
There is nothing available about them from the MOH’s side except that the 13 cases contracted the virus from other cases that have been discovered before as the statement read.
I wish that the MOH publishes a breakdown of the nationalities that got Coronavirus in Egypt.
The MOH also announced that one case has left the quarantine hospital in Matrouh after it was confirmed that he fully recovered and thus the total fully recovered cases increased to 21 cases.
This case is none other than Tech Rader managing editor Matt Swider who is returning back to the United States tomorrow.
Swider is officially the most famous Coronavirus patient thanks to his social media presence as well as his interviews with the US press.(33) I'm free from Egypt's #CoronaVirus military hospital by testing negative many times. Thank you to the amazing doctors, my new Egyptian followers (Shukran Habibi!) & my reliable US friends & Congresspeople for helping me get home. I ♥️ Egypt & will return one day. #COVID19pic.twitter.com/L3p3PM4SUB— Matt Swider (@mattswider) March 13, 2020
Here is the full MOH’s statement in Arabic.