Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first described in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province. 1,2. On March 11, 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic3. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Egypt was reported on February 14, 2020. As of May 10, 2020, there have been 8,964 confirmed cases, 2,002 recovered and 514 deaths4.