27 new labs to test for Covid-19

CAIRO - 28 March 2020: The Ministry of Health will soon build 27 labs to test suspected coronavirus patients, spokesperson of the ministry said.

Two of those labs will be opened in the next few days, Khaled Megahed told Ten TV Wednesday.

The labs will help testing more people across the country without crowding. The government-owned central labs already have 19 branches.

The tally of people who tested positive for coronavirus stand at 536 Friday, of those 30 have died, 116 have been released, and 147 have tested negative after treatment.