Lisa Schnirring 
Staff Writer
Jun 1, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – Health officials today reported two new H5N1 avian influenza cases, in an Egyptian woman who died from the disease and in an Indonesian toddler who is recovering.
Egypt's health ministry said the 30-year-old woman from Alexandria governorate got sick on Apr 26 and was hospitalized on May 3, where she was placed on a ventilator and received oseltamivir (Tamiflu), according to a report today from the World Health Organization (WHO). She died on May 9.
An investigation into the source of her illness revealed..
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