Egypt - Sohag, Fifteen students ill article indicates not chicken pox, school closed and being cleaned.

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Interesting one would think these students presented some type of symptoms. it does indicate they have something and does not mention any type of flu or its symptoms.


Injuring 21 pupils at a school in chickenpox false Sohag
Sunday, December 27th, 2009 - 15:47


Major General Mohsen Nuamani <br> Governor of Sohag Sohag - Mahmoud acceptable


A report by the school health unit at the Mohamed Hosni Mubarak primary children in the village of Sheikh Center established, the emergence of the 21 case of smallpox is a liar among school students.
With the increasing number of infection among school students decided to the Directorate of Education in coordination with the Sohag Directorate of Health grant with the school for 15 days with the development of pupils under observation and periodic follow-up action to them by the health units affiliated to them.

The district has taken all precautions necessary to spray and clean all the classrooms decision came after a presentation to Major General Mohsen Nuamani Governor of Sohag, which passed a resolution in the interest of school students and to prevent transmission to the rest of the pupils.

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Re: Egypt - Sohag, Fifteen students ill article indicates not chicken pox, school closed and being cleaned.

I take it by your comment the correct translation should be chicken pox, not smallpox as google creates? Suspected smallpox cases would be global news.

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I just had my son read it ,it indicates its not smallpox. and does not mention what it is, in Amriya several months ago a couple of kids presented some type of rash red spots along with some flu like symptoms and then died, both had red spots on their bodies and no other information was released on those two cases. i suspect this may be the same thing.

the reference to smallpox in the article is correct and the use of the word liar is also correct based on the arabic.

this governorate is the poorest within egypt and under-developed it could be a case of crying wolf but then why go to the bother of cleaning the school and follow-up with the students.

the title is also correct based on the arabic so its neither one.

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Smallpox would be a major story, as no cases of that illness have been reported globally in 20+ years. Smallpox is not a valid diagnosis anywhere in the world.

Perhaps the article is saying the kids have chicken pox, not smallpox (that the people saying smallpox are liars).

You might still close and disinfect the school for 21 cases of chickenpox. There is no indication that any of the ill children have been hospitalized.

The illness that killed a couple kids in Alexandria over the summer that you mention here had symptoms of red spots on (under?) the skin. It might have been meningitis (actually blood poisoning caused by meningitis bacteria), or conceivably leptospirosis or even septicemic plague (unlikely). It did not sound like smallpox or chickenpox at all. Pox viruses cause pustules on the skin, not red spots under it.

We'll just have to see if anything further is reported. With no symptomatic description, this could even be H1N1.