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Well, that's the story being carried by RIA Novosti, the Russian News and Information Agency.
If true, this wouldn't be the first time this has happened. In Indonesia we saw a number of people flee the hospital once they were placed in isolation.
This article references 10 people acknowledged as being hospitalized with bird flu symptoms in Egypt. This number is considerably lower than the counts being maintained by the newshounds on the flu forums.
Egyptian woman flees hospital after H5N1 diagnosis
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07/ 01/ 2008
CAIRO, January 7 (RIA Novosti) - A 23-year-old woman has escaped from a hospital in Egypt after being preliminary diagnosed with a deadly bird flu virus, local media reported on Monday.
The woman was hospitalized last week with high temperature in the town of Tahta in the Upper Egyptian Sohag Governorate. She fled the hospital following the doctors' decision to transfer her to a special clinic.
Of 43 Egyptians infected with bird flu, mostly women and children who contracted the virus after coming into contact with infected poultry, 19 have died, four of them in the past two weeks.
Egyptian health authorities have reported that 10 other patients with bird flu symptoms are currently hospitalized in three governorates - Dakahlia, Gharbia and Sohag.
