Egypt now has 600 hospitals equipped to handle COVID-19 second wave

Egypt’s Minister of Health Hala Zayed assured that Egypt has a network of 600 hospital across the country prepared to deal with possible rise in infections as part of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During a press conference held in coordination with WHO, Zayed said: “We developed  ”extensive network” of chest and fever hospital, while the development process of the remaining hospitals is underway.”

Meanwhile, Egypt also now has 61 testing labs that can handle 30k samples a day — and within a week, we could have 81 labs ready to process a combined 50k samples per day, Zayed said.

The minister also noted that some 56 percent of Egypt’s reported deaths from covid-19 were patients with chronic illnesses, and that those with chronic conditions or immunodeficiency, the elderly, and pregnant women will be prioritized when Egypt secures a vaccine.

The Health Ministry reported 139 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 132 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 104,787 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 9 new deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 6,071. We now have a total of 97,841 confirmed cases that have fully recovered.