Egypt's tourist hotspots record zero COVID-19 cases

Divers swim off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada, on April 4, 2019. (Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)

• No new cases were reported in both locations for the first time since the pandemic started in Egypt: minister

CAIRO: Egypt’s tourist hotspots of Hurghada and South Sinai have reported no COVID-19 cases for the first time since February, the country’s health minister announced Wednesday. 
Hala Zayed said all patients who were infected with the virus in both governorates had recovered and have been discharged, a report by a local newspaper said.  
Zayed added that no new cases were reported in both locations for the first time since the pandemic started in Egypt. 
The lack of cases is a positive indicator to boost tourism, information minister Ossama Heikal quoted the country’s tourism minister as saying.
The countries deputy tourist minister Ghada Shalaby said on July 14 that no new coronavirus cases have been reported in Egypt’s tourist governorates since 11 days.