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A hat tip to Commonground of Pandemic Information News for posting on FluTrackers this report of a new H5N1 fatality in Egypt. This is case #91, which which was reported in the Arabic Press a week ago (see Egypt Reports 91st H5N1 Infection) and was recently `confirmed by the SAIDR website.
The SAIDR report, however, had the patient listed as being in `stable condition’ as of January 13th.
Today, according to Arabic News reports, this patient has lost her battle with the virus, making her Egypt’s 28th bird flu fatality.
Increase the number of deaths to 28 ..
The death of a woman from bird flu despite being treated with Tamiflu
2010 - 19:24 Thursday, January 21st, 2010 - 19:24
Minister of Health
Abdul Salam wrote Princess
28 2010. Ministry of Health announced the death of a No. 91 of avian flu, becoming the victim No. 28 of the disease since it appeared in Egypt in 2006 so far This is the first event of the death in 2010.
Case of a girl, aged "29 years" of Beni Suef, started showing symptoms on 6 January this year, and the effect was entered Beni Suef hospital on January 11, has been suffering from fever, cough, sore throat and difficulty in breathing, after exposure to dealing with dead birds suspected of being infected with the disease, and is beginning to emerge and given Tamiflu as of that date so far for more than 10 consecutive days, which confirms that the impact of the drug in the situation.
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