Cairo University, with which the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is affiliated, said in a statement Saturday that “17 doctors and nurses” at the NCI had contracted COVID-19.
The university said it would open an investigation “to determine whether there was any negligence” at the institute.
Earlier in the day, NCI director Hatem Abulkassem had told a private TV channel that three doctors and 12 nurses were infected.
Abulkassem said the facility would be sterilised and patients who were in contact with the medics would be tested, along with all staff members.
He said patient visits had been suspended in recent weeks.
“It is tough to trace where the first infection emerged as the majority of the (institute’s) medical personnel work in several other places,” Abulkassem added.
Last month, several Egyptian hospitals were closed for sterilisation after cases were detected there.
Egyptian authorities have officially reported 985 COVID-19 cases and 66 deaths.
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