May 20 - Global report: largest daily rise in Covid-19 cases prompts WHO warning
Infection rates in Latin America growing rapidly as lockdowns ease in Europe
...The World Health Organization gave a stark warning on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, after 106,000 new cases were recorded worldwide over the past 24 hours – the most in a single day so far...
EGYPT
‘It’s a disaster’: Egypt’s doctors plead for more PPE and testing Medics increasingly at odds with government that is urging citizens to ‘coexist’ with Covid-19
...In early May a ministry of health official told a parliamentary committee that quarantine hospitals were full, and doctors complained on social media of having to turn infected people away...Some 745 new cases were recorded on 20 May, the highest one-day total so far. About 13% of those infected are medical professionals, according to the World Health Organization....“Hospitals are collapsing. They have to turn away people who come in with symptoms, but these people have no other options as all places are full.”
Egypt’s health ministry spokesman, Khaled Megahed, was not available when contacted for comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/21/egypt-doctors-ppe-testing-coronavirus