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The info here (and in the next two posts) has been gleaned from various news sources collected by a number of people -- a great deal of it is from the Egyptian daily, Al Wafd. Yesterday (on the 1st), the leader of the Al Wafd party and some of his supporters were arrested:
Today, the only news available on the Al Wafd site are some headlines and photos related to the arrest/raid on the front page. The rest of the newspaper's pages are empty. Al Wafd has been the only Egyptian paper online that has reported bf news to any extent (i.e. beyond gov't press releases). It remains to be seen if they will be able to continue to do so.
Summary of 6 H5N1 confirmed Egyptian cases (includes 1 in Jordan):
1) Amal Mohammed Ismail (30/35F) - d. 3/17
2) Mohammed Bahaaeddin Abdel-Menem (28M) – recov’d, discharged weekend of 3/26
3) Fatima Mohammed Yussef (30F) - d. 3/27
4) Mohamed Mahmoud Ghobashi (17M) - recov’d, discharged weekend of 3/26
5) Shaimaa Khairi el-Desoqi (18F) - still in Cairo's Abbassiya Hospital
6) Abdul Fattah Asaad Mabrouk (31M) – Egyptian national confirmed by Jordanian gov’t
WHO: "At present, the Ministry of Health has confirmed all five cases (1-5) based on results from the NAMRU-3 laboratory. Samples from these cases have been sent to a WHO collaborating laboratory in the United Kingdom for diagnostic verification.
"Health authorities have screened more than 350 people who were contacts of these patients or had a recent history of exposure to diseased birds. All test results have been negative for H5N1 infection."
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1) Amal Mohammed Ismail (30/35F) from Nawa village, Al Qalyubiyah governorate [40 km north of Cairo], died on March 17. She reportedly raised poultry at her home and some of her birds also died. Her symptoms included high fever and pulmonary inflammation.
There are conflicting reports as to when she fell ill:
i) She was admitted to hospital in the governorate's capital, Qalyoub, two weeks before she died, and was subsequently transferred to the Cairo Fevers Hospital where she died on Friday, March 17;
ii) She was taken ill on Wednesday, March 15th and died on Friday morning, March 17;
iii) According to the WHO, "She developed symptoms in early March following close contact with diseased chickens, ducks, and a turkey in the household flock. She was hospitalized on 16 March and died the following day."
According to a UN report, her immediate family members tested negative for the virus but were given Tamiflu as a precaution.
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2) Mohammed Bahaaeddin Abdel-Menem (28/32M) from the village of Noqbas also in Al Qalyubiyah governorate. Reportedly owns a poultry farm where 7000 chickens died. He assisted in culling/disposing of infected chickens. Exhibited symptoms since Monday, 03/13 and sought medical help on Thursday, March 16. He presented with a high fever (40 degrees C).
According to the WHO, he developed symptoms on March 16 and was hospitalized [hospital?] that day. He was discharged over the weekend of March 26th.
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3) Fatima Mohammed Yussef (30F) from Khanka village also in Al Qalyubiyah died on March 27. She was reportedly admitted to ICU on 3/20. According to authorities, she had continued to work with/slaughter fowl until two weeks before. According to one report, she had culled birds 15 days before she was admitted to hospital [Xinhua].
Her death was, apparently, unexpected -- she was improving, but took a turn for the worse shortly before dying. She reportedly went to the hospital 10 days after she first experienced symptoms. The WHO reports that she developed symptoms on March 12 "following the home slaughter of chickens" -- was hospitalized on March 16 and died on March 27.
Al Wafd newspaper* (on the 30th) reports that the governor of Al Qalyubiyah stated (machine-translated from Arabic): "Fatma's state that was dead inside Al Abasia's [Cairo's Abbassiya Hospital] chest hospital resulted from the purchase of two chickens one day 10 March and after 4 days they felt the fatigue and believed that the reason is the carrying and they went to the village doctor then an ordinary medicine gave them. And after two days she went to Al Sadr's hospital by Al Abasia and its state was deteriorating and the doctors did not succeed in its treatment."
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4) Mohammed Mahmud Abdul Ghani Ghabash (17M) whose father had an outbreak of the disease on his chicken farm [3000 chickens died] in Al Gharbiyah Governorate on Saturday and Sunday [March 18-19]. Admitted to hospital in Tanta. [One of 4 people reportedly admitted to Tanta?]
The WHO says he developed symptoms on March 18 and was admitted to hospital on March 19. He was also discharged over the weekend of March 26th.
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5) Shaimaa Khairi el-Desoqi (18F) from Kafr el-Sheikh [Kafr ash Shaykh] Governorate (borders Al-Gharbiyah governorate) came into contact with dead birds, started to show bf symptoms on Thursday [March 23], including high temperature, sore throat and muscle ache. Members of her family were also being tested. She is the fifth confirmed bird flu case in the country. The WHO said she developed symptoms "following the slaughter of sick backyard poultry" and was hospitalized on March 25.
On March 28th she was reported as being in Cairo's Abbassiya Hospital. I believe she is on a respirator.
Note that on March 21 a suspected bf case also from Kafr ash Shaykh --"Fairness Gomaah the butcher"(?) (31F) – died.
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6) Also, a sixth Egyptian person announced by Jordanian gov’t (03/31) as having H5N1:
Abdul Fattah Asaad Mabrouk (31M) an Egyptian national living in Jordan who arrived back to Jordan from Al-Jaaferah [Al Gafra] village in Al-Fayyum [Al-Fayyoum] two days ago [Wed, March 29].
He started having symptoms – fever and headache – between March 25 and 27 aboard a ship that brought him to Jordan. He went to the Emergency Room on Thursday, March 27, where he presented with “a redness in the eyes and a difficulty in the swallowing and the respiration and a rise in the temperature and a sharp cough.”
He was reportedly infected with the disease as a result of close interaction with birds -- he and other members of his family culled several chickens when many birds in his village in Egypt perished. Note that a reported 13 suspected bf patients have been hospitalized for tests/observation in Al Fayyum Governorate between March 20 and 26 [see list of suspected patients below].
He is hospitalized in Al Karak in Jordan. Note also that a second suspected bf patient (a Jordanian) is being treated in the same hospital (announced in the Jordanian press April 1). While there have been no official cases of bird flu in birds in Al Karak, a number of poultry did die in that region toward the end of February. The reason given, at the time, was that the poultry died due to “respiratory inflammations.”
Today, the only news available on the Al Wafd site are some headlines and photos related to the arrest/raid on the front page. The rest of the newspaper's pages are empty. Al Wafd has been the only Egyptian paper online that has reported bf news to any extent (i.e. beyond gov't press releases). It remains to be seen if they will be able to continue to do so.
Summary of 6 H5N1 confirmed Egyptian cases (includes 1 in Jordan):
1) Amal Mohammed Ismail (30/35F) - d. 3/17
2) Mohammed Bahaaeddin Abdel-Menem (28M) – recov’d, discharged weekend of 3/26
3) Fatima Mohammed Yussef (30F) - d. 3/27
4) Mohamed Mahmoud Ghobashi (17M) - recov’d, discharged weekend of 3/26
5) Shaimaa Khairi el-Desoqi (18F) - still in Cairo's Abbassiya Hospital
6) Abdul Fattah Asaad Mabrouk (31M) – Egyptian national confirmed by Jordanian gov’t
WHO: "At present, the Ministry of Health has confirmed all five cases (1-5) based on results from the NAMRU-3 laboratory. Samples from these cases have been sent to a WHO collaborating laboratory in the United Kingdom for diagnostic verification.
"Health authorities have screened more than 350 people who were contacts of these patients or had a recent history of exposure to diseased birds. All test results have been negative for H5N1 infection."
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1) Amal Mohammed Ismail (30/35F) from Nawa village, Al Qalyubiyah governorate [40 km north of Cairo], died on March 17. She reportedly raised poultry at her home and some of her birds also died. Her symptoms included high fever and pulmonary inflammation.
There are conflicting reports as to when she fell ill:
i) She was admitted to hospital in the governorate's capital, Qalyoub, two weeks before she died, and was subsequently transferred to the Cairo Fevers Hospital where she died on Friday, March 17;
ii) She was taken ill on Wednesday, March 15th and died on Friday morning, March 17;
iii) According to the WHO, "She developed symptoms in early March following close contact with diseased chickens, ducks, and a turkey in the household flock. She was hospitalized on 16 March and died the following day."
According to a UN report, her immediate family members tested negative for the virus but were given Tamiflu as a precaution.
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2) Mohammed Bahaaeddin Abdel-Menem (28/32M) from the village of Noqbas also in Al Qalyubiyah governorate. Reportedly owns a poultry farm where 7000 chickens died. He assisted in culling/disposing of infected chickens. Exhibited symptoms since Monday, 03/13 and sought medical help on Thursday, March 16. He presented with a high fever (40 degrees C).
According to the WHO, he developed symptoms on March 16 and was hospitalized [hospital?] that day. He was discharged over the weekend of March 26th.
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3) Fatima Mohammed Yussef (30F) from Khanka village also in Al Qalyubiyah died on March 27. She was reportedly admitted to ICU on 3/20. According to authorities, she had continued to work with/slaughter fowl until two weeks before. According to one report, she had culled birds 15 days before she was admitted to hospital [Xinhua].
Her death was, apparently, unexpected -- she was improving, but took a turn for the worse shortly before dying. She reportedly went to the hospital 10 days after she first experienced symptoms. The WHO reports that she developed symptoms on March 12 "following the home slaughter of chickens" -- was hospitalized on March 16 and died on March 27.
Al Wafd newspaper* (on the 30th) reports that the governor of Al Qalyubiyah stated (machine-translated from Arabic): "Fatma's state that was dead inside Al Abasia's [Cairo's Abbassiya Hospital] chest hospital resulted from the purchase of two chickens one day 10 March and after 4 days they felt the fatigue and believed that the reason is the carrying and they went to the village doctor then an ordinary medicine gave them. And after two days she went to Al Sadr's hospital by Al Abasia and its state was deteriorating and the doctors did not succeed in its treatment."
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4) Mohammed Mahmud Abdul Ghani Ghabash (17M) whose father had an outbreak of the disease on his chicken farm [3000 chickens died] in Al Gharbiyah Governorate on Saturday and Sunday [March 18-19]. Admitted to hospital in Tanta. [One of 4 people reportedly admitted to Tanta?]
The WHO says he developed symptoms on March 18 and was admitted to hospital on March 19. He was also discharged over the weekend of March 26th.
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5) Shaimaa Khairi el-Desoqi (18F) from Kafr el-Sheikh [Kafr ash Shaykh] Governorate (borders Al-Gharbiyah governorate) came into contact with dead birds, started to show bf symptoms on Thursday [March 23], including high temperature, sore throat and muscle ache. Members of her family were also being tested. She is the fifth confirmed bird flu case in the country. The WHO said she developed symptoms "following the slaughter of sick backyard poultry" and was hospitalized on March 25.
On March 28th she was reported as being in Cairo's Abbassiya Hospital. I believe she is on a respirator.
Note that on March 21 a suspected bf case also from Kafr ash Shaykh --"Fairness Gomaah the butcher"(?) (31F) – died.
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6) Also, a sixth Egyptian person announced by Jordanian gov’t (03/31) as having H5N1:
Abdul Fattah Asaad Mabrouk (31M) an Egyptian national living in Jordan who arrived back to Jordan from Al-Jaaferah [Al Gafra] village in Al-Fayyum [Al-Fayyoum] two days ago [Wed, March 29].
He started having symptoms – fever and headache – between March 25 and 27 aboard a ship that brought him to Jordan. He went to the Emergency Room on Thursday, March 27, where he presented with “a redness in the eyes and a difficulty in the swallowing and the respiration and a rise in the temperature and a sharp cough.”
He was reportedly infected with the disease as a result of close interaction with birds -- he and other members of his family culled several chickens when many birds in his village in Egypt perished. Note that a reported 13 suspected bf patients have been hospitalized for tests/observation in Al Fayyum Governorate between March 20 and 26 [see list of suspected patients below].
He is hospitalized in Al Karak in Jordan. Note also that a second suspected bf patient (a Jordanian) is being treated in the same hospital (announced in the Jordanian press April 1). While there have been no official cases of bird flu in birds in Al Karak, a number of poultry did die in that region toward the end of February. The reason given, at the time, was that the poultry died due to “respiratory inflammations.”
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