Egypt reports ninth human case of bird flu

CAIRO (AFX) - Egypt reported a new human case of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, bringing to nine the number of human infections in the country, including two fatalities, an official said.

The latest infection was detected in a 16-month-old child from the village of Dar al-Sallam in the southern province of Sohag, a spokesman for the government’s anti-bird flu committee, Nasser Kamel, told AFP.

It was the first human case of the virus in southern Egypt. The other cases have been in the greater Cairo area and the Nile Delta region.

Egypt is on a major route for migratory birds, at the crossroads between Asia and Africa.

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