The first Infected in Egypt: Coronavirus reached Africa

Egypt’s government has reported the first case of the novel Coronavirus to the African continent. It is believed that a foreign Person, informed the Ministry of health in Cairo on Friday. To nationality, the Ministry did not provide information.

It remained unclear from which country the Person, after Egypt had traveled. The Patient show no symptoms of the disease and will be treated on an isolation ward. So far, no case of Corona in Africa had become, according to the world health organisation.

As the first country in the Arab world, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had reported at the end of January, four confirmed cases of the Virus Sars-CoV-2. In the meantime, other infections have been added. In most of the Affected are Chinese.

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