Ragaa El Gedawy's Daughter Gives Update on Her Health

Amira Mokhtar, the daughter of veteran Egyptian actress Ragaa El-Gedawy has given an important update on her mother's health amid her Coronavirus battle.

The 81-year-old actress is currently receiving treatment for Coronavirus at the Abu Khalifa Isolation Hospital in Ismailia.

In a statement, Mokhtar revealed that El-Gedawy's condition has been stable in the last three days.

"My mother's condition has been stable in the last three days, but her current issue is that the virus does not extract from her body," she told “Et bil Arabi” program.

She noted that El-Gedawy is still in the intensive care unit (ICU) on a ventilator.

The actress’s daughter is keen to share the latest developments of her mother’s condition, while constantly asking for their prayers.

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Ragaa El Gedawy's battle with Coronavirus

The 81-year-old actress has been transferred on June 2 into the ICU, after the deterioration of her health condition.

She was transferred immediately to the ICU after she felt shortness of breath, headache, and circulatory collapse in the early hours of the morning.

A medical source at the Abu Khalifa Isolation Hospital revealed the following day that El-Gedawy’s health condition has improved.

The source added that despite the improvement of her condition, she is still on the “CPAP machine”, and if her condition becomes much better than this, she will return to a regular room, and leave the intensive care.

The source emphasized that a huge factor that affected her health, is the deterioration of her mental health, which deteriorated due to rumors that had spread widely on social media about her death, which caused her to stress and increased her anger.

“The psychological factor is very important for the health condition of a coronavirus patient,” the source noted.

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Rumors circulated on the internet that day, claiming that the 81-year-old actress had passed away.

El Gedawy’s daughter took to Facebook to deny the circulating rumors about her mother’s death, for the second time.

“My mother is indeed in the ICU, but she did not lose consciousness. I am saying this for the second time to pray for her recovery, hers, and every patient.” Mokhtar wrote on Facebook.

The veteran actress was infected with the novel coronavirus, on the 27th of Ramadan, after finished filming TV series “Leabah El Nesian” (Oblivion Game), which achieved great success during its premiere in Ramadan, and entered the isolation on the night of Eid Al-Fitr.

Tributes poured in on social media, as soon as the news circulated, wishing the star a safe and healthy recovery.

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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.

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.