Cairo: An Egyptian doctor died in a Kuwaiti hospital after recovering from COVID-19, a local hospital said.
Dr. Awwad Abdul Hamid, a specialist in internal diseases, is among the leading physicians in the fight against highly infectious disease in Kuwait, Al Qabas newspaper reported.
The 50-year-old doctor contracted the virus last May while working at Jaber Hospital for the treatment of PATIENTS with COVID-19. He passed a recovered and discharged from the hospital.
But early Friday, he suffered shortness of breath and was hospitalised, but died upon arrival, sources told the paper.
An autopsy test is being performed on his body to determine the precise cause of his death and whether the virus had been stuck again, they added.
In May, Dr. Tareq Hussain Mokheimer, an Egyptian otolaryngologist, died of COVID-19, the first medical death of its kind in Kuwait.
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