Egypt registers 12 new coronavirus cases on Nile cruise ship - state TV

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[March 06, 2020]  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's health ministry said it registered 12 people carrying the coronavirus on a Nile cruise ship heading to the southern city of Luxor from Aswan, state television reported on Friday.

The country had until now diagnosed three people with the virus, one of whom it said had fully recovered after receiving treatment

(This story corrects direction of ship)

(Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; editing by John Stonestreet)

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