Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt (March 7, 2020)

Location:  Egypt

Event:  There is an ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan, China.  The global public health threat posed by COVID-19 is high, with more than 80,000 reported cases worldwide.

On March 7, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced 45 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on an Egyptian cruise ship on the Nile River on its way to Luxor, Egypt.

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