Five people have died in Aswan Governorate, which is located in southern Egypt, from gastrointestinal tract diseases which are different from common infections, said Aswan Governor Ismail Kamal.

"At the moment, there are five fatal cases," informed the governor of Aswan, commenting—on the air of Sada el-Balad television—on the reports about the outbreak of this disease.

Kamal added that "the overall mortality rates have not increased recently in the governorate and remain at the previous level".

He added that "the condition of infectious patients who are in Aswan medical facilities does not cause concern."

Kamal dismissed the assumptions that the outbreak of this disease was related to the discharge of sewage into the Nile by a local enterprise.