Egypt - Media report: MoH announces 2 more bird flu H5N1 cases including 1 death - January 23, 2015

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High mortality of bird flu for 8 people Gharbia

-Wrote Hisham Alhloty:

Friday, January 23, 2015

Friday, January 23, 2015 14:32
Ministry of Health announced the death of a child at the age of 5 years from the province of Assiut bird flu.
It also announced the injury case Bڤers H5N1 (bird flu) to the old lady of 60 years of western province of Kafr El Zayat management remains under hospital issued Tanta treatment.
Bringing the total number of cases of bird flu in 2015, so far 25 cases (8 cases of healing 0.9 cases under treatment, 0.8 deaths).
And calls on the Ministry of Health to citizens who deal with poultry immediately go to the nearest hospital for medical service in the event of the appearance of flu symptoms on them, since the receipt of the infected bird flu drug Tamiflu within the first 24 hours of the onset of symptoms increases the cure rates of disease and reduces rates death and advises the Ministry of Health of citizens who deal with poultry exercise caution and prudence when dealing with birds, especially that shows the symptoms and the need to take preventive measures to prevent infection, such as covering the mouth and nose when dealing with poultry, wash your hands with soap and water after handling birds and not to take children to places of education birds or slaughter, as well as the need to separate the birds from the living quarters.
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