New cases of bird flu (infected birds) found in Egypt

Egypt’s Health Ministry said Monday that new cases of domestic fowl with bird flu were found in southern Egypt and Cairo last week. These are the first new cases reported in the past few months.

Health Ministry official Amr Qandil said four people suspected with symptoms of bird flu in the southern province of Sohag were tested negative and discharged from the hospital.

The new cases of birds with the lethal H5N1 strain of the virus were found in a village in Sohag, 345 kilometers (215 miles) south of Cairo, on Tuesday and in Cairo on Thursday. All the birds in the areas nearby were culled.

Qandil said the Health Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry have been making preparations to combat the disease in case it returned to the country with the new birds’ migration season starting at the end of September.

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