Egypt Nile cruise ship newly diagnosed 48 people

Recently, COVID-19 has spread in many countries around the world, leading to epidemic crisis in many places. It is reported that a cruise ship docked on the Nile River in Egypt recently had a confirmed case, which attracted great attention of the local government and quickly took relevant inspection measures.

Nile cruise ship confirms epidemic situation

According to reports, this cruise ship had previously traveled from Aswan, Egypt to Luxor, a southern city. Up to the 6th local time, 12 cases of COVID-19 infection have been found. According to alaraby, an Arabic news website, none of these patients had any symptoms. As of the 7th, there were 33 new confirmed cases on this cruise ship, which increased the cumulative confirmed cases in Egypt from 15 to 48.

According to the report, according to Khalezeid, Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, among the 45 confirmed cases, 19 were foreigners. At present, all patients on board are being sent to a hospital in Matru for isolation treatment.

Epidemic detection

Before the outbreak of the case on this cruise ship, Egyptian * * * announced three cases of COVID-19, of which "one case fully recovered". However, in recent weeks, many tourists to Egypt have developed symptoms after returning to their respective countries, which has also aroused people's concerns about the local epidemic in Egypt. According to Egyptian health officials on March 7, Egypt is deploying testing equipment at the airport, which will show whether passengers carry coronavirus within 30 minutes.

On March 8, local time, MohammadOthman, head of Luxor Tourism Committee, said: "We have decided to screen all hotel guests and tourists on the Nile cruise ship in Luxor territory." At the same time, tourists who enter and leave Luxor monuments by boat in the city are also subject to inspection.

Influence of epidemic situation on tourism

Tourism has always been one of the most important sources of foreign exchange in Egypt. After 20 1 1 years of political turmoil, Egypt's tourism industry has shown signs of rebound in recent years.

Therefore, after the COVID-19 outbreak, Egyptian government officials were worried about the possible impact on tourism, and the death of German tourists was even worse.

However, in terms of overseas tourists, local tourism companies still feel the obvious impact. HossamelShaer, head of the chamber of commerce of Egyptian tourism companies, said in an interview with local media that the booking volume of foreign tourists dropped by 80% compared with the same period last year.