Meningitis
According to WHO, Egypt is not included in the African meningitis belt.
Giza governorate has denied circulating reports claiming that cases of meningitis have been detected in a number of schools in Al Omrania district.
A statement by the center has said the virus can also be transmitted through food or using the same utensils as the infected person.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health denied rumors about the spread of meningitis, an inflammation of brain and spinal tissue, in South Sinai governorate.
