Egyptian actress Dalia El Behery's husband, businessman Hassan Samy, had tested positive for coronavirus.
She stated late Sunday that in a lengthy post on Facebook that she, their children, and the help had tested for the virus, assuring that the results will come out tomorrow evening.
Meanwhile, Samy took to Facebook to notify those who came in contact with him of his infection, saying: “I tested positive for Covid-19 now… Thank god for everything, I’m in a very good condition, pray that I did not infect my wife and children.”
“Please don’t call, I’ve written this post to notify those who came in contact with me or those close to me” he concluded.
Dalia El Behery tests result
El Behery took to social media to reassure her close ones, family, and fans of the test results, revealing that it came out as negative.
She added in a phone interview on "Attessia" program with Wael Elebrashy, that she was committed to all medical and precautionary measures, and continued: "Hassan's infection was a big blow to us."
El Behery pointed out that she immediately isolated her family, as well as refused to receive any of her siblings who came to check on her.
"I made my father and siblings leave my home yesterday out of fear for them," she added.
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The novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has infected more than one million people and killed over 234,139 worldwide. It also hit several celebrities and top political figures around the world.
The virus is a new member of the Coronaviruses group, which was never identified in humans. The viruses’ family also includes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV), which cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Humans and animals such as mammals and birds can be affected by the disease.
The name coronavirus is derived from the Latin corona, meaning “crown” or “halo”.
On February 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19, taken from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”.
In December 2019, an outbreak was reported in Wuhan, China. On 31 December 2019, the outbreak was traced to a novel strain of coronavirus, which was given the interim name 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was later renamed SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 800,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
Coronavirus can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.
It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.
The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
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It is worth mentioning that El Behery, born on October 15, 1970, is an Egyptian actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Egypt 1990 and placed number 27th in the Miss Universe 1990 pageant in Los Angeles.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels at Helwan University and worked in prelude programs at the Egyptian Satellite Channel and modeling.
She underwent several TV commercials, which launched her acting career.
El Behery’s first breakthrough was as a music video model in veteran singer Ali El Haggar’s song “Tegeesh neaeesh”.
She collaborated with many renowned stars such as Adel Imam, Khaled El Nabawy, Ahmed Ezz, Amer Mounib, Angham, Moustafa Amar, Nour, Khaled Selim, and Hany Ramzy.
In 2008, El Behery got married to businessman Farid El Mourchedi, the grandson of artist Farid Shawki from his daughter the producer Nahed Farid Shawki. They got porced in 2013, and have a daughter named Khadija.
She is best known for her roles in “Yawmiyat Zoga Mafrusa Awy trilogy” (2015), in TV series “Reesh Naam” (2010), in film “Ahlam Haqiqia” (2006), in film “The Diver” (2006), in film “Zay el hawa” (2006), in film “El-sefara fi El-Omara” (2005), in film “Harim Karim” (2005), in film “Kan yom hobak” (2004), in film “Sana Ola Nasb” (2004), in TV series “The girls” (2003), and in film “Mohami khula” (2002).
El Behery’s latest artistic work is TV series “Valentino”, which premiered last Ramadan.
It also stars Adel Emam, Dalal Abdelaziz, Tarek El Ebiary, Elham Abdelbadea, Badria Tolba, Rania Mahmoud Yassin, Wafaa Sadeq, Elham Abdelbadea, Soliman Eid, Mohamed al-Kilani, Huda El Mufti, and others.
The TV series is written by writer and poet Ayman Bahgat Kamar and directed by Emam’s older son, Ramy.
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