Sunday, March 1, 2009

Egypt: The incidence of the fifty-sixth human bird flu of a child of the Fayoum

Fayyoum - Editor Masrawy - confirmed Sunday 56 human infection of bird flu in Egypt since the emergence of the disease and so far, and that of a child from Fayoum province, at the age of two years.

Deputy Minister of Health Affairs, Dr. Nasr preventive child that Mr. Yusuf Mohamed Said Abdel Azim of the second village management Yousef province of Fayoum, Friend, developed symptoms on Wednesday and entered the hospital Saturday, the Tamiflu drug, which is suffering from high fever and cough, and after being of the dead birds were also suspected of the disease, while the rest of the parent birds slaughtered in the house.

He added that the child was given a drug "Altamflo" as soon as suspected cases of cholera and the condition is now critical to the hospital on a respirator the Tamiflu drug.

Also detained a hospital Shebin Menoufia housewife (55 years) are invited Shadia Mohammad Fahim / 55 for suspicion of bird flu.

Turned out to be the breeding birds in her sample had been referred to and sent to labs central Ministry of Health to make sure that her disease.

Sources: Middle East News Agency, Masrawy
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