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Review
. 2020 Jun;10(1):010368.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010368.

COVID-19 in Egypt: Uncovered figures or a different situation?

Mohammed A Medhat  1 , Mohamed El Kassas  2
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Review

COVID-19 in Egypt: Uncovered figures or a different situation?

Mohammed A Medhat et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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Photo: Low reported numbers of COVID-19 in Egypt (created by the authors, and used with permission).
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