Egyptian actor, Karim Kassem shared another update about his current health condition, as he continues to nurse himself back to health from Coronavirus.
Kassem took to Instagram on Friday to announce that he has recovered from the virus. The happy news was accompanied by a picture of the 33-year-old actor with his father.
"First time to meet my father for over a month. We spent the whole day together after testing negative for Coronavirus for the third time." Kassem captioned.
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On June 7, Kassem took to Instagram to share a short video about his experience with coronavirus. He hashtagged the post with #Corona_Isn’t_a_shame.
The “Welad Rizk" star talked briefly about his journey. Kassem decided to battle the virus on his own, self-isolated at his home, and disconnecting completely from his elderly father.
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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 Kassem, born on October 8, 1986, graduated from the American University in Cairo, where he studied theatre and starred in many of the university's plays.
He was discovered in 2006 while taking part in an acting workshop. Kassem made his cinematic breakthrough in the teen drug film "Awqat Faragh" (Spare time).
He is best known for his roles in TV series “Nasibi Wa Qesmetik 3” (2019), in TV series “Nasibi Wa Qesmetik 2” (2017), in film “Welad Rizk 2: A'wdat Osoud Al-Ard” (2019), in film “Welad Rizk” (2015), in TV series “El Horoub” (2012), in film “EUC” (2011), and in film “Awqat Faragh” (2006).
Kassem's latest artistic work is TV series “Lama Kona Soghiren” (When we were little), which achieved great success during its premiere in Ramadan.
It also stars prominent actor Mahmoud Hemida, Khaled El-Nabawy, Hany Adel, Nesreen Amin, Riham Hagag, Nabil Eissa, Mahmoud Hegazy, and others.
“Lama Kona Soghiren” is written by Ayman Salama, directed by Mohamed Ali produced by Synergy production company.
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