The Beni Suef Health Affairs Directorate on Sunday has begun preparing the Specialized Beni Suef Hospital to receive coronavirus cases and become an isolation area. The hospital director Tareq Idris received a letter from the directorate informing him that the procedures to run the hospital under quarantine will soon be finalized. Idiris was also told to vacate the hospital as part of the directorate’s plan, in cooperation with the treatment administration and emergency management director. 227 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed, bringing the country’s number of infected cases so far to 4,319. A total of 1,450 positive cases have been tested in Egypt, with all results now returned negative.

Source: Egypt Independent April 26, 2020 14:15 UTC