CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a crowd of people who gathered in a village near the Nile Delta to prevent the burial of a doctor who died of coronavirus, according to local newspapers and footage on social media.
The interior ministry said 23 people were arrested, and the public prosecutor said his office will investigate the incident.
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