Egypt reports 22nd human bird flu case
A five-year-old Egyptian boy from the Nile Delta region was tested positive to the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of bird flu human cases to 22 in this populous Arab nation, the official news agency MENA reported on Friday.
The latest case came from Al-Sharqiya governorate, some 65 km north of Cairo, and he was under treatment, said Health Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shaheen, without giving more details.
Earlier in the day, the ministry said a 37-year-old woman has died of the deadly virus, bringing the death toll of the infectious disease to 13 in Egypt.
The woman was identified as Nadia Mohammed Abdel-Hafez and she died on Thursday evening, said the ministry.
Abdel-Hafez came from Fayoum, a countryside town located some 85 km south of Cairo. She checked into Fayoum’s fever hospital on Feb. 12 after suffering from high temperature and pneumonia, according to the ministry.
The ministry announced that the woman was tested positive to the deadly H5N1 virus on Wednesday.
Avian influenza story source: Xinhua (China News English Version)