Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Egypt: MOH Reporting Bird Flu Case # 116

 

 

 

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Twall on FluTrackers, who lives in Egypt and is fluent in Arabic,  has posted a fresh report from the Ministry of Health announcing human infection #116 from the H5N1 virus.

 

 

New cases of bird flu, bringing the number to 116 cases


Tuesday, December 28, 2010 Posted in date

Spokesman of the Ministry of Health - Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, on the status of the discovery of new cases of bird flu to a lady at the age of 56 years from the province of East and longer this situation (116) since the onset of illness.

 

Shaheen noted the case had entered a hospital in Eastern Province which is suffering from high fever, cough, difficulty breathing, and that after being exposed to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu have been given the drug Tamiflu as soon as suspicion and took a swab from the throat to the analysis laboratory.

 

The official spokesman that the patient has pneumonia, easier and in stable condition and was transferred to a hospital in Cairo, Abbasid.

 

 

You will also find another report from Youm7 on this case, and any further reports, posted to this  FluTrackers thread.