# 4262
For the second time this week, we’ve a report in the Arabic press of a new H5N1 human infection in Egypt. The `official’ sites, like SAIDR and WHO (World Health Organization) often tend to lag behind on publishing these reports.
Egypt’s Bird Flu page, which ironically bills itself as `All You Need To Know About Bird Flu’, hasn’t been updated in months. The screenshot below was taken this morning, and it shows the headline being from September of last year, announcing Egypt’s 87th H5N1 infection.
Even the WHO (UPDATE 26) had 90 cases as of December 21st.
Yesterday Commonground posted this report on FluTrackers from youm7.com. Earlier this week, Commonground brought us news of Egypt’s 91st infection.
New bird flu cases raise the Total to 92
الجمعة، 15 يناير 2010 - 19:19 Friday, January 15th, 2010 - 19:19
Minister of Health
The Ministry of Health on the No. 92 human cases of bird flu, a child from the province Dakahliya one year old and a half.
The ministry of Health on "Friday" that the onset of symptoms since the child started on 7 January, where he entered the hospital in Mansoura issued on Jan. 12, suffering from fever, cough and shortness of breath.
She noted that it had been given proper treatment of the drug "Tamiflu" as soon as a suspected injury, and his health is stable and in good health.
Meanwhile Cottontop on the Flu Wiki (Egyptian thread) has a very similar report from www.masrawy.com credited to MENA (Middle East News Agency).
Health announces a Child bird flu, bringing the total to 92 injured
1/15/2010 7:07:00 PM
Cairo - Editor Masrawy - The Ministry of Health on the No. 92 human cases of bird flu, a child from the province Dakahlia one year old and a half.
The ministry of Health on Friday that the onset of symptoms started on day 7 of the Child since Enyeralhaly where he entered the hospital in Mansoura issued on Jan. 12, suffering from fever, cough and shortness of breath.
She noted that it had been given proper treatment of the drug "Tamiflu" as soon as suspected of being infected in a stable condition and in good health.
Source: Middle East News Agency, Masrawy.
This is an excellent time to remind my readers of the terrific work being done by the volunteer newshounds on the flu forums. I try to hat tip them as often as I can because . . . frankly . . .without them, I couldn’t begin to produce this blog.
For those who would like to learn more about these very talented and dedicated analysts, I’d direct you to an essay I wrote entitled: Newshounds: They Cover The Pandemic Front.
