A German tourist died Sunday of the novel coronavirus in a Sinai resort of eastern Egypt, the health ministry announced, the first death from the epidemic recorded in Africa.
“The 60-year-old German citizen showed symptoms of a fever checked into Hurghada hospital on 6 March,” before testing positive for Covid-19, it said in a statement.
On Saturday, the health ministry announced 45 suspected cases of Egyptians and foreigners contracting the virus aboard a Nile cruise ship. Besides the cruise ship cases, Egypt has detected three cases of the virus, the first of which was announced on February 14. The other two cases, a Canadian working in an oil company and an Egyptian who returned from Serbia through France, were still undergoing treatment.
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