Officials in the Red Sea Health Department in Egypt revealed that the German tourist who died as a result of "Corona" was shocked after learning about his infection with the virus, noting that he refused to transfer him to El-Ngeila Hospital in Marsa Matrouh to isolate him.
Yesterday, the officials added that he “took out a respirator and cannula while he was being held in the intensive care room inside Hurghada General Hospital”, confirming that he “was very agitated and refused treatment and the doctors tried to persuade him, but he refused completely even though he was suffering from inflammation Acute pulmonary.
The officials indicated that «the wife of the German tourist who died earlier yesterday, left for her country immediately after learning about his illness», according to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper.
The officials confirmed that all precautionary measures were taken after the death of the first infected with the "Corona" virus emerging "Covid 19" in Hurghada General Hospital, noting that the hospital had been sterilized and disinfected, and contacted with the German embassy.
Yesterday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced the death of the first case of a German citizen, with the new Coronavirus (Covid-19).
The consultant for the Minister of Health and Population for Media Affairs and the official spokesman of the ministry, Khaled Mujahid, said that the German citizen, at the age of 60 years, had symptoms of sickness represented by a rise in temperature when he arrived from Luxor to Hurghada.
The statement stated that the injured person went to Hurghada General Hospital on the evening of his arrival on Friday 6 March to receive medical care, and the necessary tests were taken and the sample was taken, which came positive for the new Corona virus on Saturday 7 March, and was placed in intensive care, because he suffers from respiratory failure. As a result of acute pneumonia, he was refused transportation to the designated isolation hospital, then his condition worsened and his consciousness disorder occurred, and he died yesterday Sunday.