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For the second time in less than a week, Egyptian authorities are reporting that a child has tested positive for the H5N1 virus. This brings that country's total to 55 reported cases.
The 18 month old boy is reportedly in stable condition.
Egypt reports 2nd bird flu case in four days
08 Feb 2009 16:26:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
CAIRO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An Egyptian boy has contracted the bird flu virus, the state-run news agency quoted the Health Ministry saying on Sunday, in the second such case in the last week and the 55th case since the virus reached Egypt in 2006.
The eighteen-month-old boy -- Abu al-Wafa Suleiman Abu Omar, from the province of Minia in central Egypt -- first showed symptoms on Friday after coming into contact with dead birds and was admitted to hospital on Saturday.
He was administered the antiviral drug Tamiflu and is now in a stable condition, the health ministry said.
On Wednesday, the ministry reported a two-year-old boy in the Suez province was in hospital after contracting the virus.
