Egypt swine flu cases reach 200 mark

Health 7/26/2009 10:13:00 PM

CAIRO, July 26 (KUNA) -- The Egyptian Health Ministry said that swine flu cases discovered in the country have reached 200, after a further 15 victims registered on Sunday. A ministry's statement said that 10 of the 15 confirmed cases were of estranged Egyptian nationals, three of them are arrivals from Saudi Arabia, two from the UK, one from China, one from France and another from the US. The remaining two cases are of a person who was in contact with a sufferer, and the other, of unknown sources. The statement added that 142 cases have so far recovered, with a remaining 57 cases still under treatment and one deceased as a result of A(H1N1) infection. (end) bna.sd KUNA 262213 Jul 09NNNN