Egyptian Media Reporting 65th Bird Flu Case

 

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Although the English language press doesn’t seem to have picked up on it yet, the Arabic press is reporting another human bird flu infection in Egypt – this time of a 25-year-old woman who is listed in critical condition.

 

After a spate of mild cases over the past couple of months, this is the second `critical case’ reported  this week.   This is the 5th case reported this month, and the 14th case since the first of the year.

 

The majority of cases out of Egypt this year have involved toddlers with mild symptoms.   These last two cases critical cases, however, involve women 33 and 25 years of age.

 

The newshounds at Flutrackers have found and translated several news reports on this story over the past hour. 

 

First from Dutchy comes this report from masrary.com.

 

 

Declaration No. 65 on the incidence of bird flu, a woman from the Lawn .. Health and condition of critical

4/17/2009 8:16:00 PM

CAIRO - Editor Masrawy - Friday confirmed the incidence of human disease No. 65 of avian influenza a gift to Ms. Salah Rajab, 25 years of Lawn and condition of health is precarious.

 
A statement by the Ministry of Health, Ms. gift Demerdash entered the hospital on April 11, has been suffering from very high Drjpahararp, cough, and was given the drug Tamiflu, and then deteriorated health condition Friday, a result of shortness of breath and was placed on a ventilator and her condition is unstable and critical.

 

Mentioned that this is the case No. 65 since the disease appeared in Egypt, and the injury resulting from mixing with the infected birds.

Source: Middle East News Agency

 

 

Next from Reuter’s Arabic page, posted by Ironorehopper, comes this story.

 

 

Egypt announces human infection of bird flu, No. 65

 
Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:21 pm GMT
CAIRO (Reuters) -

The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Friday that a woman in one of Cairo's hit by bird flu to be the fifth disease in Egypt this month.

Quoted by the official MENA news agency as an account of the ministry as saying that the gift Salah Ragab (25 years) from the district Lawn Demerdash transferred to a hospital in Cairo on 11 April where she was suffering from very high temperature and cough.

 

The agency added that it was put on a ventilator and that her state of health "is unstable and critical."

 

This brings the number of infection cases were confirmed to have H5N1 that the bird flu to 65 in the case of Egypt, which has become the countries most affected by the disease outside of Asia.