Egypt - MoH announces 2 new bird flu H5N1 cases, 1 died - Cairo - March 3, 2015

[sharon sanders]

Ministry of Health: The case of bird flu death of a woman from Cairo
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 20:04 Poultry - archival Wrote Walid Abdul Salam

Ministry of Health announced the death of a confirmed case of bird flu, a woman, aged 33 years old from Cairo.

The ministry said in a statement that the total cases under treatment at hospitals Ministry of Health 11 cases to date, and healing and exit of confirmed cases infected with bird flu H5N1, which is a child at the age of two years from the province of the lake, and the injury of a confirmed case of bird flu, a student at the age of 16 years from the eastern province. It called on the Ministry of Health and Population citizens who deal with poultry to go immediately to the nearest hospital for the health service in the case of symptoms Flu them where that had infected bird flu drug Tamiflu within the first 24 hours of the onset of symptoms increases the cure rates of disease and reduces mortality rates.

http://www.youm7.com/story/2015/3/3/...1#.VPYP2fnF9oA

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I believe the healed case is a previously known case:

52) Egypt - Child, 2, hospitalized, Beheira

 

[sharon sanders]

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[TD="class: ms-vb, width: 75%"][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]The Ministry of Health and Population for healing and exit of confirmed cases infected with virus-(H5N1) avian influenza,

which is a child at the age of two years from the province of the lake, and the injury (edit: Lake province is Beheira)

confirmed case of bird flu, a student at the age of 16 years from the eastern province, and the (edit: Eastern province is Sharqia)

death of a confirmed case of avian Bird, a lady swallow-old 33-year-old from Cairo Governorate

bringing the total number of cases under treatment at hospitals Ministry of Health 11 cases to date. Therefore, calls on the Ministry of Health and Population citizens who deal with poultry to go immediately to the nearest hospital for medical service in the case of the emergence of Symptoms of flu them where to receive the injured to the bird flu drug Tamiflu within the first 24 hours of the onset of symptoms increases the cure rates of disease and reduces mortality and advises the Ministry of Health of citizens who deal with poultry to exercise caution and prudence when dealing with birds, especially that shows symptoms of satisfactory and the need to take preventive measures to prevent infection of such cover your mouth and nose when dealing with poultry, wash your hands with soap and water after handling birds and not to take children to places of birds breeding or slaughter, as well as the need to separate the birds from the living quarters. Source: Media Center[/FONT]

http://www.mohp.gov.eg/News_webpart/...s3.aspx?ID=710


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[sharon sanders]

Upon further reading of new articles I am adding the 16 year old as a new case to our list (not a previous case now cured).

I am taking a very conservative approach to compiling our data and list.