# 2926
Although the news wires today are acting like this is a new case, we actually learned of Egypt’s 59th human H5N1 infection last Thursday (see Egypt Reports 59th Human H5N1 Infection).
The WHO (World Health Organization) has updated their Disease Outbreak News page, and so the story is making the rounds again on the wires.
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 8
23 March 2009 -- The Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of Avian Influenza. The case is a 38-year old female from Elfath District, Assiut Governorate. Her symptoms started with a fever and headache on March 14. She was admitted to Assiut Fever Hospital on March 14 where she was started on oseltamivir the same day (March 14) and remains in a stable condition. Infection with H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed on 18 March by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory.
Investigations into the source of her infection indicate a history of close contact with dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill.
Of the 59 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.
