Egypt - Woman, 30, MoH announces new H5N1 case in Minya - November 18, 2014 - died

[sharon sanders]

This is the 8th case.


hat tip Michael Coston for the link

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Ministry of Health: the discovery of a new human case of bird flu, bringing the number of people infected to 7 during this year

Announced the Ministry of Health for the discovery of cases of the new human bird flu A / H5N1, the old lady of 30 years of Beni Mazar Center in Minia Governorate where exposed to sick birds (domestic breeding), bringing the number of cases of the disease rises to 7 cases during the year . The ministry said in a statement that the onset of symptoms to the patient on Nov. 11 where he was suffering from fever, sore throat and cough, and difficulty breathing and pain of joints, and the next day of the onset of symptoms went sick to hospital built the central shrine, then was converted to a hospital fevers built shrine where she began taking Tamiflu. On day 14 of this month has been the case for the hospital Thobl health insurance Beni Mazar, where scans show the presence of double pneumonia, have been isolated case dated 11/16/2014 intensive care and placed on a respirator and general condition is device stable. The ministry has indicated it is currently following up the contacts of the case, has also informed the Veterinary Authority to take the necessary actions towards the hotbeds of bird flu. Source: Media Center

http://www.mohp.gov.eg/News_webpart/dispNews3.aspx?ID=572

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Re: Egypt - MoH announces new H5N1 case in Minya - November 18, 2014

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The second case in two days .. and the Ministry of Health: the death of a woman from Minya result of being infected with bird flu
Hossam Zayed
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Ministry of Health
Announced the Ministry of Health, on Tuesday, for the death of human cases of avian influenza A / H5N1, which has been the announcement of her illness yesterday, Monday, November 17, 2014, marking the second event of the death of the disease in two days. The ministry said in a statement today that the case of death to the old lady of 30 years. Of Beni Mazar in Minya, had been exposed to sick birds (domestic breeding). And was the deceased had gone for treatment after the condition was delayed severely. The total number of infected cases of bird flu 180 cases since 2006 until now died including 66 case by the death of 36.6%, which is the death of the lowest compared with the death rates in the countries of the world the other 55%. During the 2014 event 7 casualties of whom died three cases, note that the infection rates over the last two years, 2013 and 2014, lower than the rates of infection in the period from 2006 until the end of 2012. This is the case is the second case of the death of the disease in two days where homemaker, died yesterday in the village center of Assiut corner, she was held Assiut University Hospital, make sure after becoming ill, while her daughter ran away, which was suffering from similar symptoms of chest hospital in Assiut, after knowledge of the news of the death of her mother.

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Re: Egypt - MoH announces new H5N1 case in Minya - November 18, 2014 - died

Woman dies of bird flu in Minya

On Thu, 20/11/2014 -

The Ministry of Health announced the death of a woman named Sabah Abdel Hamid Marei, 30, a housewife from Minya after she was infected with bird flu.

According to the Health Ministry's statement, the victim dealt with infected birds and headed to the hospital too late after her condition had deteriorated.

The total number of cases of bird flu since the beginning of 2014 was seven.

"Four cases have been cured, while the other three died," said Amr Qandil, head of the Preventive Medicine Sector.

Haitham Abdel Hamid Marei, the victim's brother, said that his sister died as a result of medical negligence at the hospital.

"The results of the sample analysis proved that the victim had been infected with bird flu after being held at the Fever Hospital in Beni Mazar," said undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Minya, Milad Sediq. "The severe inflammation in her lungs led to respiratory arrest."

"The victim denied at the beginning of her illness coming in contact with birds, but she was held at the Fever Hospital in Beni Mazar on 12 November," said Sediq.

Sediq also said that the woman was transferred to Minya Fever Hospital after medical reports confirmed she had been infected with bird flu.

An Egyptian woman died of bird flu last Tuesday in Minya, Upper Egypt; the second death from the disease in two days and the third in the country in 2014.

Another 19-year-old woman died of bird flu on Monday in Assiut.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

Egypt Independent