Coronavirus cases in Kuwait not Egyptians: health official

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Thu, 05 Mar 2020 - 02:42 GMT

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FILE - A woman wears a protective face mask, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Kuwait, February 25, 2020 - Reuters/Stephanie McGehee

FILE - A woman wears a protective face mask, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Kuwait, February 25, 2020 - Reuters/Stephanie McGehee

CAIRO – 5 March 2020: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Thursday denied the presence of any coronavirus cases among Egyptians residing in Kuwait, after Canada, France and the US reported cases for coronavirus patients coming from Egypt.

In a press conference, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Affairs at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health Buthaina al Mudhaf said that all the confirmed cases in the country are Kuwaiti nationals, reported Egyptians state’s news agency MENA.

All Covid-19 patients are in stable condition and being treated, she added.

The Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced that two new cases of coronavirus have been detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 58 so far.

The new cases are for two Kuwaiti citizens coming from Iran, it added.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the number of coronavirus confirmed in Egypt are only two, echoing the remarks of the Egyptian Health Ministry.

The two cases were dealt with in a professional way, WHO said in a Twitter post, adding that those who escorted them were examined and precautionary measures were applied to them, in accordance with the standards of the organization.

Health Minister Hala Zayed on Wednesday announced examining 1,904 suspected cases of the emerging coronavirus in Egypt, starting from last January, confirming that all of them tested negative, except for the two foreigners whose cases were earlier announced.

The first case was a foreigner, the minister said, adding that he received excellent medical care and was diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) under the supervision of the ministry and WHO, several times in a row. The result was negative each time and he left quarantine, the minister noted.

Concerning the second case, he was also a foreign person and was immediately quarantined in the designated hospital, Zayed said. She noted that he is receiving medical care, and his condition is stable and constantly improving. Quarantine measures have also been applied on all employees at his workplace and their assisting bodies, who numbered more than 2,500 people as a precautionary measure, she said.

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