Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Egyptian girl recovers from bird flu
A four-year-old Egyptian girl who contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus several days ago recovered on Monday after receiving medical treatment, a health official said.
Sarah Borhan, from Daqahlia Governorate, 90 km north of Cairo, was discharged from the hospital after taking Tamiflu tablets, the official MENA news agency quoted local hospital director Yousri Ragab as saying.
Suffering from high temperature after having contact with infected domestic poultry, Borhan was admitted to the Mansoura Chest Hospital on Feb. 26, Ragab said.
Borhan had been the 23rd human bird flu case since the H5N1 virus was first detected in dead poultry in Egypt on Feb. 17, 2006. The virus has since then spread to 20 of the country’s 26 governorates.
Bird flu story source: Xinhua