Will Egypt postpone the school year due to EG5?

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said that the possibility of the school year being post-poned isn’t ruled out, following the announcement of two cases in Egypt infected with the EG5 coronavirus variant.

During a telephone interview with Sada al-Balad channel on Tuesday, Abdel-Ghaffar explained that “Until now, scientific evidence did not support this move, because despite its (EG.5) rapid spread, it did not lead to hospitalization or increase in deaths and does not require precautionary measures.”

“The two cases infected with the new variant suffer from symptoms of known respiratory infections,” he added, adding that the state’s monitoring devices can examine people to find out what exact disease they suffer from – differentiating from influenza, COVID-19, or the syncytial virus.