# 3356
From Flutrackers, via the hard work of newshound Commonground who also runs Pandemic Information News, we get this Arabic news article announcing Egypt’s 81st human H5N1 infection, and the 30th of 2009.
In all of 2008, there were only 8 reported H5N1 infections in Egypt. This year, by far, the vast majority of cases have been in toddlers – under the age of 5 - and have been relatively mild.
This year, only 3 deaths have been reported, or about a 10% fatality rate. In 2008, the fatality rate was 50%.
Exactly what has caused these changes is unknown, but it does have some scientists worried that the virus may be changing somehow in Egypt.
For reasons unknown, the WHO website that tracks H5N1 cases in Egypt, and around the world, has been slow to update.
The last update was two weeks ago, with case #78.
Health announces 81 infection of bird flu
17 2009 - 18:05 Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 18:05
Avian flu continues to spread GOVERNORATES
Written by Amira Abdel-Salam
In the light of the rapid spread of the swine flu virus in Egypt, which reached the status of cases to 29 so far, the Ministry of Health announced today, Wednesday, No. 81 of human infection from bird flu of a child named Ziad Abdel Hamid Mohamed, aged 5 years and months, the major facility Kulain, province of Kafr el-Sheikh, said Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health.
Sahin said that the onset of symptoms the child had been on 15 this month, the impact on income, on Tuesday, the hospital admitted suffering Kafr al-Sheikh, a rise in temperature and after being nominated for the birds suspected of being infected with bird flu, he said, adding that once suspected of being infected with the disease was given the drug Tamiflu, and a stable condition and is being transferred to a hospital facility Bakrie.
