# 595
Earlier today it was announced that two children, ages 5 and 6, had tested positive for the H5N1 virus in Egypt. Now we are hearing of a 3rd case, a 46 year-old-woman. These cases are all from different cities, and are unrelated.
Egypt reports 3 new cases of bird flu in humans
The Associated Press
Published: March 27, 2007
CAIRO, Egypt: An Egyptian woman and two children were reported infected with a virulent strain of bird flu Tuesday, bringing to 30 the total number of Egyptians to be diagnosed with the disease since last year.
Nearly half of those infected, 13 people, have died.
The World Health Organization reported two of the three new cases, both young children from southern cities who were admitted to hospitals with fever and cold symptoms. One of the cases was a 6-year-old girl from the city of Qena, the other a 5-year-old boy from Menia.
The third case was reported by the Egyptian Health Ministry as a 46-year-old woman from the northern Delta city of Damnhour, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of the capital, Cairo.
Health officials said that all three people had contracted the virus from domestic birds, the most common route of human infection worldwide.
