A fire at a hospital north of Cairo on Saturday killed seven CoVID-19 patients, security and judicial sources said.
The source added that five persons were also injured during the incident.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the blaze occurred in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Obour district, on the outskirts of Cairo.
According to the source, the caused the fire is still on certain at the press time.
But, the prosecutors had launched an investigation into the incident
Firefighters were dispatched to the facility and stopped the blaze from spreading, local media reported.
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Eko Hot Blog reports that Egypt currently has a total of 130,126 COVID-19 infection cases, including 7,309 fatalities.
Health facilities in the North African country, like elsewhere, have been strained by the mounting number of infections.
In June, a fire at a hospital in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria killed seven coronavirus patients and injured seven others.
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