73 Doctors Die from Coronavirus in Egypt

Egypt's Doctors Syndicate said on Wednesday that 73 Egyptian physicians have passed away as a result of contracting coronavirus.

In a statement on it's official Facebook page, the syndicate said that 73 doctors have died of the respiratory disease.

https://www.facebook.com/Egyptian.Medical.Syndicate/posts/3153580741329979

It is worth mentioning that the syndicate called upon the ministry of health in Egypt to provide all the physicians with the highest protection measures and infection control standards to be implemented at all triage and isolation hospitals.

On Tuesday, Egypt registered 1,567 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total cases to 47,856 since the beginning of the virus outbreak.

“Ninety-four more deaths were confirmed; raising the total number to 1,766,” Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry’s spokesman, said in a statement.

“Up to 12,730 coronavirus patients have recovered so far,” the spokesman said.

“As many as 401 Egyptians were among the recovered patients today,” he added.