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The World Health Organization has updated their Outbreak News page with their 15th Egyptian entry for the year.
This update announces case #69 from May 9th, that of a 5-year-old girl, and also updates us on the deaths of 3 Egyptians from last month.
These deaths have been widely reported by media sources for several weeks, but apparently the Egyptian Health Ministry has just recently officially relayed that information to the WHO.
The WHO can only post information that it has officially received from a member nation.
Even before this update appeared, however, it was already out of date.
Yesterday and today cases #70 and #71 were announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Health.
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 15
15 May 2009 -- The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza. The case is a 5-year old female from Tama District, Sohag Governorate. Her symptoms began on 7 May and she was admitted in Sohag Fever Hospital on 9 May where she received oseltamivir. She is in a stable condition.
The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratories on 10 May 2009.
Investigations into the source of infection indicate close contact with dead and sick poultry.
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced the deaths of previously confirmed cases of H5N1 as follows:
6-year-old male from Qaliobia Governorate;
33-year-old female from Kfr El Sheikh Governorate
25-year-old female from Cairo Governorate
Of the 69 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 26 have been fatal.
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