Deputy Health Minister in Sharm al-Sheikh Mohamed Lashin denied news over transferring the injured of Taba blast to Israel for treatment.
Lashin told Al-Masry Al-Youm that all the injured were transferred to hospitals of Sharm al-Sheikh and Taba. Four victims were injured, including three South Koreans and the Egyptian driver.
Israeli Prime Minister's Arabic spokesman, Ofir Gendelman, told the Arab media that five of the injured were transferred to Eilat hospital in serious condition.
On Twitter, Gendelman posted on Sunday saying that efforts were made to be ready for transferring 15 injured to Yoseftal hospital.
A blast hit a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai on Sunday in the first attack on tourists since an army takeover in July spurred an Islamist insurgency.
The Interior Ministry said the bus was travelling from St. Catherine's Monastery, a popular tourist destination in the south Sinai, to nearby Israel when it was attacked.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
