The sons of an Egyptian Parliament member who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) earlier this week were found to have contracted the novel virus, a senior MP said.
MP Shereen Farrag has been isolated at Kasr El Aini hospital in Cairo to receive medical treatment, to be officially the first coronavirus case in the Egyptian Parliament.
All the MPs who attended the meeting of the planning committee last Thursday have been tested, after they had come into contact with the infected parliamentarian, MP Yasser Omar, deputy head of the Parliament’s Planning and Budgetary Committee.
MP Talaat Khalil, who sat next to Farrag during the meeting tested negative for the virus, Omar said, noting that the committee will stop its meetings for a week.
Khalil on Wednesday announced he will self-isolate for 14 days, saying he exchanged talks with the infected MP. However, he said the preliminary results of the tests he underwent were reassuring.
Egypt Today
