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Sunday, March 8, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 8, 2020
German tourist dies of coronavirus in Egypt
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA German citizen died of the novel coronavirus in an Egyptian tourist resort on Sunday, the Egyptian Health Ministry said, the first death from the epidemic reported in Africa.
“The 60-year-old German citizen showed symptoms of a fever (and) checked into Hurghada hospital on 6 March,” before testing positive for the COVID-19 illness, it said in a statement.
“He died on Sunday March 8,” it said.
— AFP
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