Thursday, December 23, 2010

Egypt: MOH Reports Bird Flu Case #115

 

 

 

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Treyfish posting on Flutrackers has two media reports stating that the Ministry of Health in Egypt is confirming their 115th H5N1 case.

 

The patient is reportedly an 11 year-old girl who is in critical condition and on a respirator. You can follow these media reports (and others likely to follow) on this FluTrackers Thread.

 

 

Ministry of Health announced the discovery of injury, 115 of bird flu

Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, was the discovery of new human case of bird flu, a child at the age of 11 years .. Luxor governorate, adding that this situation is No. 115 since the onset of the disease in Egypt.

 

He d. Shaheen said the girl had entered a hospital in Luxor, a province suffering from high fever and cough and difficulty in breathing and pneumonia and that after being exposed to birds suspected of being infected with bird Anfelzenza.

 

The spokesman of the Ministry of Health official to have been given Tamiflu immediately and placed on a respirator and her condition is critical.