Egypt has the highest rate of new hepatitis C (HCV) infections ever recorded in the world, with more than half a million new cases occurring each year, new data has found.
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A paper published on Monday in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ found erratic medical hygiene is driving soaring infection rates across the Arab world’s most populous country, with one in every ten Egyptians now a carrier of HCV.
According to the study, Egypt’s 77 million-strong population now houses a ticking timebomb of at least 4.5 million people that are infectious to others.
