
A prong extending from a remote-controlled robot prototype enters the nose of a volunteer to extract a nasal swab sample, as part of a self-funded project to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a bid to limit human exposure to disease carriers, at a private hospital in Egypt s Nile Delta city of Tanta, on March 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
The Egyptian Health Ministry in its daily coronavirus update statement reported 45 new deaths in the past 24 hours nationwide, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 20,727.
The statement added that 871 patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 301,308.
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