Health min. follows up anti-coronavirus measures at quarantine facilities

CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Health Minister Hala Zayed inspected Saturday the measures taken at quarantine facilities to examine Egyptians returning from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of new coronavirus outbreak.

Zayed followed up the activities of the ministry's 24/7 active emergency response room, which consists of medical as well as administrative teams including doctors, nurses, IT specialists, lab technicians and waste control specialists, said spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed.

She also paid onsite visits to the quarantine facilities to ensure the provision of all necessary logistics for returnees and measure compliance with the preventive measures set out by the relevant guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), Megahed added.

All harbors and airports across the nation are on high alert to deal with the deadly virus, Megahed said, asserting that no case or suspected case of coronavirus was recorded in the country, especially after taking all preventive action.