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Egypt’s ministry of Health announced the death of a German citizen from the coronavirus, the first death from the virus in the country.
A statement by health ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahed on Sunday, said that the 60-year-old German citizen tested positive for the coronavirus on 7 March at a hospital in Hurghada.
“The patient experienced signs of illness including high body temperature after his arrival in Hurghada from Upper Egypt’s Luxor governorate”, adding that the man “had spent only seven days in Egypt”, the statement read.
The German citizen checked into Hurghada General Hospital on 6 March and tested positive for the coronavirus the next day. He was transferred to the intensive care unit after suffering respiratory failure caused by severe lung inflammation.
“The patient refused to be transferred to the specialised quarantine hospital”. Megahed said the man suffered health complications and died on 8 March.
Health ministry immediately took safety measures and fully sterilised the hospital in accordance with the World Health Organisation’s instructions.
Egypt confirmed that a total of 45 people on board a cruise ship in Luxor tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday.
The health ministry said the source of infection was a Taiwanese American woman who travelled in late January on the same ship.
