The Liverpool forward,
31, has also been ruled out of a last-16 tie should Egypt qualify.
Salah limped off before half-time in
the 2-2 draw with Ghana on Thursday.
The result has left the record seven-time African champions
needing to beat the already-qualified Cape Verde to guarantee their progression.
"Tests on Mohamed Salah, the captain of the Egypt national
team, proved that he suffered a hamstring injury and will miss the next two
matches of the team at the Afcon," the Egyptian Football Association said.
Salah will therefore only feature in the tournament again if
Egypt advance to a quarter-final on 2 or 3 February.
Earlier on Friday Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp suggested Salah's
hamstring problem was likely to be severe, given the forward had missed just 10
league games for the Reds in more than six seasons.
"He was shocked and couldn't see why he was hit by
something so intense," said Klopp.
"You have these hamstring injuries in a different way. He
felt it and we know how rarely Mo goes off, or needs to go off, so it is
definitely something."
Losing Salah, who is on the cusp of 100 caps for his country,
comes as a major blow to Egypt, who have made a sluggish start to their
campaign in the Ivory Coast, collecting two points from two matches.
Salah scored a last-gasp penalty on Sunday, after a VAR decision,
to help Egypt draw 2-2 with Mozambique to
avoid an embarrassing opening defeat, and they also twice had to come from
behind against Ghana.
The last of Egypt's seven titles at the Cup of Nations came in
2010, a year before Salah made his international debut.
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