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First coronavirus death recorded in Egypt: health ministry
CAIRO, March 8, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A German citizen died of the novel coronavirus in an Egyptian tourist resort on Sunday, the health ministry said, the first death from the epidemic reported in Africa.
“The 60-year-old German citizen showed symptoms of a fever (and) checked into Hurghada hospital on 6 March,” before testing positive for the COVID-19 illness, it said in a statement.
“He died on Sunday March 8,” it said.
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