# 3139
We’ve not heard much out of Egypt over the past couple of weeks, and the world’s attention has been more focused on the newly emergent A/H1N1 flu.
But today the WHO (World Health Organization) has posted an update indicating that Egypt has detected their 68th human H5N1 case.
This case was laboratory confirmed 2 weeks ago, according to this update. No explanation was offered as to why the delay in releasing this information.
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 14
6 May 2009 -- The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza . The case is a 34 year old female from Tanta District, Gharbia Governorate. Her symptoms began on 21 April and she was hospitalized at Tanta Fever Hospital on 21 April where she was started on oseltamivir. She is in a stable condition.
Infection with H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory on 23 April and subsequently confirmed by the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3).
Investigations into the source of his infection indicate a history of close contact with dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill.
Of the 68 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.
