Fire in Egypt hospital kills 7 coronavirus patients
Seven other people were injured in the blaze, believed to be caused by a malfunctioning air conditioner in an area designated for isolating COVID-19 patients, the sources said.
Firefighters stopped it spreading to other hospital buildings, and ambulances were dispatched to transfer patients to other medical facilities, the state-run newspaper Akhbar al-Youm reported.
The victims died of suffocation and hospital staff were among those injured, according to local media, which said an investigation had been launched.
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Egypt has so far registered 65,188 COVID-19 cases including 2,789 fatalities.
Health facilities in the North African country, like elsewhere, have been strained by the mounting number of infections, which have exceeded 1,000 a day since late May.
