Mohamed Salah could return to Liverpool on Thursday with Egypt confident the forward will have recovered from coronavirus.
Salah has been in self-isolation after testing positive for the virus on Friday ahead of his county's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo.
The 28-year-old had been training with the national team for three days having reportedly attended his brother's wedding in Cairo last Monday. He was also handed an award by the Egyptian FA at a ceremony in Cairo on Wednesday.
Salah has been in quarantine in a hotel in El-Gouna ahead of his next coronavirus test on Thursday.
And the Egyptian Ministry of Health’s head of the COVID-19 committee, Hossam Hosny, believes the Liverpool man will return a negative result that would allow him to return to his club.
“Salah is currently in El-Gouna to complete his quarantine and he will conduct another PCR test on Thursday, and I expect that his result will be negative because until now, the player hasn’t shown any symptoms,” he said.
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"Like any Egyptian citizen, Salah underwent all needed medical scans and tests that showed he is not suffering from any symptoms and he is now following medical protocol with self-isolation.
“Liverpool are communicating with us to check on Salah, and their medical staff have agreed that he will travel to El-Gouna.
"And Salah can return to England if his test result on Thursday is negative.”
Salah's positive test means he will also miss his country's return game against Togo on Tuesday with protocols meaning he will almost certainly be absent for Liverpool's Premier League clash against leaders Leicester City on Sunday.
