EGYPT - Jan 2 - Jan 4, 2008

[Theresa42]

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New suspected case in Minya governorate.

Google-translated from Arabic:

The emergence of new [suspected] cases of avian flu in Minya
Jan 4, 2008

Mariam Raji

Said Maj. Gen. Fouad Saad Eddin governor of Minya has been discovered new cases of [suspected] bird flu disease in Menya of a girl named Zakaria Reham Abdel-Fattah 16-year resident status La Hqrani place was booked Hospital Dietetic Menya and send the samples to Cairo.

This came during a conference unite to tackle avian influenza Valley, "he explained, pointing to the importance of outreach and the role of the clergy to confront the dangers of the disease, calling for the closing of all local units assigned by the sale of live poultry and stressing the importance of influenza vaccination before the home farm and the major role in controlling traffic-laden car live birds and impounded.

He added rose Rauf Professor of Medicine, Faculty of community and preventive medicine Menia that hundreds died in the fifties cases affected by this disease, which is the most serious of which 30 species of H5N1 its large and rapid modification and acquire genes for diseases other and the transition from birds to humans and the seriousness of its consequences, which expires death and the likelihood of transmission another person pointing to the ability to live with lower temperatures.

He said Ya stable endemic in Egypt, which is considered one of the countries most affected outside Asia, pointing to the existence of four species of migratory birds of semen that help spread of the disease.

http://www.elbadeel.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8234&Itemid=33

 

[Theresa42]

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Suspected cases in Dakahlia -- some new and some repeats, I think. The article say 7, but I can only see 6 names.

Not sure about the "doctor" -- need to double-check that sentence, but sakhr.com is down.

Here is the sentence in question: زقة السيد الوصيفي من قرية الدنانيق وهم

Google-translated from Arabic:

Injured in suspected cases of avian influenza MN
Jan 4, 2008

Mona Pasha

Quite a few of the suspected infected by bird flu were received by Sadr Mansoura Hospital since yesterday, was detained seven citizens are: Mr. Alusivi doctor[?] from the village and they Aldnanic: Nima Mohammed Mahmoud Abdul Hamid, Abdulrahman Ali Bader and his son Abdulrahman Hamadi 13 years and Fatma Mohammed Saeed, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha Mohammed Fathi, from the village of Ain pomegranate Bdkrns, after the death of a large number of birds in the vicinity of their residence and a rise in temperature.

This comes after the death of the 42 affected by avian influenza is of a woman called Fatima Mohamed club 25 years of Minya company Bdkrns following the discovery of the disease in a hotbed farms in the Great Srjt the tunnel, including 800 birds before the closure decision.

http://www.elbadeel.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8233&Itemid=33

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01030806/H5N1_N294S_Dominance.html

Commentary

Dominance of H5N1 Tamiflu Resistance in Egypt

Recombinomics Commentary 21:58
January 3, 2008

The WHO has said some of those who died having contracted the H5N1 virus strain showed moderate resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral drug.

The above comments on moderate resistance to Tamiflu in some of the fatal cases are cause for concern. Since there are only four confirmed fatalities, at least half are Tamiflu resistant. The ?moderate? resistance is almost certainly due to N294S, the genetic change found in the Gharbiya cluster a year ago. N294S was present in samples collected prior to treatment, indicating it was circulating in Egypt.

WHO and the Eastern Mediterranean branch of WHO, have issued situation updates on all five confirmed cases. The updates from the Mediterranean branch were most detailed, with dates for the start of Tamiflu treatment for four of the five cases. The date of sample collection matched the start date for Tamiflu, indicating the resistance found in the H5N1 sequences was present prior to treatment. This conclusion is further supported by the dates of death, which were shortly after the treatment date, limiting the time for resistance to develop.

Thus, like the cases from last year, the sequence data indicates N294S is circulating in Egypt. However, unlike last year, when reported N294S was limited to a single cluster, it appears to be present in multiple patients. The exact number is unclear. Tamiflu resistance is not mentioned in any of the updates on the five patients.

Last season WHO issued a comprehensive report that was somewhat delayed because samples were sent for biological confirmation of the sequence data. The biological results matched data generated with H5N1 from Asia that also had N294S. The resistance was in the range of 15-20 fold, which was markedly less than H294Y, but high enough to raise serious treatment concerns. N294S has been seen previously in H5N1 in ducks from China, but it was only detected in one case in Vietnam.

In contrast, N294S was in a cluster in Gharbiya last season, and now is in ?some? of the recent four fatal cases. Since WHO has acknowledged that the resistance is ?moderate?, the number of confirmed cases with N294S should be delineated in an update, and sequences should be released.

The five confirmed cases were widely dispersed in Egypt, and only two of the five came from the same governorate, Menoufia, which also has the largest number of hospitalized suspect cases (see satellite map). All four fatal cases were from seperate governorates.

Recently, Egypt announced a Tamiflu dispersal plan in Gharbiya and possibly additional governorates in the Nile Delta. The frequency of H5N1 in patients in Egypt is not well understood. Although Egypt has the highest number of confirmed H5N1 outside of Asia, the number of suspect cases is markedly higher than confirmed cases. False negatives are always a possibility, but the failure to get sequence data from the third Gharbya cluster member, and 9 of the 10 H5N1 infected patients in Pakistan tested negative on confirmatory testing. These data indicate that false negatives are easily generated, so the number of human H5N1 cases may be markedly higher than the number of confirmed cases.

Tamiflu is used liberally in Egypt, which raises the possibility of selection of N294S. Selection may explain why multiple patients with N294S were found in a small number of confirmed fatal cases, raising concerns that N294S is becoming dominant in Egypt.

Last season N294S was not reported in any of the poultry isolates and was limited to the one cluster. The comments above suggest that N294S is widespread in Egypt, and cause for concern.

Release of human and poultry sequences would be useful. N294S is well defined, both with regard to biological resistance and coding, as seen in sequences from last season in (A/Egypt/14724-NAMRU3/2006 and A/Egypt/14725-NAMRU3/2006).


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[Theresa42]

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We should add El Badeel [The Alternative] to this list as they've got some pretty heavy coverage of bf:

Front page: http://www.elbadeel.net/
Egypt news: http://www.elbadeel.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=31&Itemid=33

Hat-tip to Solitaire for discovering this paper! :tiphat:

Gotta run.

I'm going to be away from the computer almost all day tomorrow (yikes!) -- most importantly in the early a.m. which is when the Egyptian papers update.

The ones I check update at noon Egypt time which is 4 a.m. ET. Edit: Masrawy.com updates throughout the day.

So, if anyone's up for a challenge, here are the pages of the papers that I usually check (I'll also let pugmom and UK-Bird over at FW know that I'm going to be gone -- they also do Arabic translations).

Thanks!

Google translator:
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Al Masry Al Youm (Egypt Today):
Front page: http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/Default.aspx?r=t
"Hot issues"" http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/section.aspx?SectionID=294
Egypt news: http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/section.aspx?SectionID=295
Accidents/incidents: http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/section.aspx?SectionID=301

Al Messa (The Evening Gazette)
Front page: http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/almessa/today/first/
Third page: http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/almessa/today/third/
Local: http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/almessa/today/local/
Accidents: http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/almessa/today/accedents/

*Two quirky things about Al Messa: 1) if you see "Other news" as a headline, make sure to click on it -- you'll go to another page that will have several stories on it -- bf stories are often there; 2) Al Messa translates better on Firefox rather than Internet Explorer -- for some reason, parts of the page disappear on Explorer.

Al Wafd (The Delegation)
Front page: http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/

*On Al Wafd, also click on the following in the top, right-hand column: Local news, Governorates (sometimes translated as "Sweeteners"), Accidents, Special Reports and Investigations.

Masrawy.com
Egypt news: http://www.masrawy.com/news/egypt/default.aspx
Politics: http://www.masrawy.com/news/egypt/Politics/Default.aspx
Accidents: http://www.masrawy.com/news/Cases/default.aspx

Thanks again everybody!

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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The only Google News search hits on "Tamiflu resistance" for 2008 come from an article that is published by IRIN, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e16b256742e5f9fcce5e8fd753e9c35d.htm

That article says,



That seems to be a paraphrasing of a quote from a prior BBC news report dated Monday, 31 December 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7166152.stm
which stated,



That would seem to be in reference to last winter's H5N1 cases, not the current cases.

Are the current cases also confirmed to be Tamiflu resistant? Or is this assumption based on the IRIN article, which appears to have been based on the BBC article?

This should be addressed before speculation that the current Egypt cases are Tamiflu resistant becomes rampant.

Try googling "H5N1 antiviral resistance" - you'll get over 15,000 hits.
For an interesting case where Vietnam doctors did an excellent job of testing a patient before, during, and after tamiflu resistance, google "H5N1 vietnam antiviral resistance"....you'll get almost 8000 hits.
Or just try "influenza antiviral resistance."

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[HenryN]

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The only Google News search hits on "Tamiflu resistance" for 2008 come from an article that is published by IRIN, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e16b256742e5f9fcce5e8fd753e9c35d.htm

That article says,



That seems to be a paraphrasing of a quote from a prior BBC news report dated Monday, 31 December 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7166152.stm
which stated,



That would seem to be in reference to last winter's H5N1 cases, not the current cases.

Are the current cases also confirmed to be Tamiflu resistant? Or is this assumption based on the IRIN article, which appears to have been based on the BBC article?

This should be addressed before speculation that the current Egypt cases are Tamiflu resistant becomes rampant.

N294S is called moderate resistance by WHO. It was in the Gharbiya cluster a year ago. When the article came out at the end of the year, WHO should have already had some sequence data, so the first report referred to the detection a year ago to prepare for the announcement that N294S was back. The recent comment came AFTER all four patients had died, and was part of the desription of these patients. By this week NAMRU-3 would have several NA sequences.

I haven't seen the recent sequences, but if the latest reference in the recent article was describing the Gharbiya cluster, it is a VERY poorly written report.

 

[Treyfish]

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متابعة: إسكندر أحمد​

Follow-up: Iskandar Ahmad
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عقدت اللجنة العليا لأنفلونزا الطيور اجتماعا هاما الليلة الماضية برئاسة أمين أباظة وزير الزراعة واستصلاح الأراضي وحضور د.​

The Supreme Committee for bird flu an important meeting last night headed by Amin Abaza, and Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, and d attend.

حاتم الجبلي وزير الصحة والسفير أيمن القفاص و6 محافظين واستمر الاجتماع حوالي 5 ساعات بمبني عام وزارة الزراعة وعقب الاجتماع تم عقد مؤتمر صحفي للرد علي كافة الاستفسارات.​

Hatem mountain Health Minister and Ambassador Ayman Fast and 6 governors and the meeting lasted about 5 hours building in the Ministry of Agriculture, after the meeting was to hold a press conference to respond to all queries.

أكد أمين أباظة وزير الزراعة واستصلاح الأراضي أن سبب انتشار أنفلونزا الطيور في الفترة الأخيرة يرجع إلي إهمال بعض أصحاب المزارع الكبيرة وتراجعهم عن التطعيمات واتباع الارشادات الذي اللازمة التي كانت مطبقة من قبل وسبب التراخي والإهمال أدي إلي ظهور بؤر جديدة.​

Said Amin Abaza, and Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation that the cause of the spread of avian influenza in the recent period due to the negligence of some owners of large farms and retreating from the vaccinations and follow the instructions, which required that applied before and the reason for inaction and neglect led to the emergence of new wells.

قال أثناء المؤتمر الصحفي إنه تم مناقشة الموضوعات بكل جوانبها وتقرر عودة الانضباط لهذا القطاع والسيطرة علي الثروة القومية وأن المحافظين مخولين بتطبيق القانون بكل قوة وحزم وغلق المزارع المخالفة.​

During a press conference that was to discuss issues in all its aspects and decides to return discipline to the sector and the control of the national wealth and that the governors authorized by the law with full force and vigour, closure of the farms violation.

أضاف أن ثاني النقاط لعودة الانضباط هو منع تربية الطيور في المدن وعلي أسطح المنازل والمناطق الحضرية وسوف يتم تطبيق القانون بكل قوة علي المخالفين حتي لا تتم المخالطة بين الطيور والجمهور..​

The second points to the return of discipline is to prevent breeding birds in the cities and on the roofs of houses and urban areas will be the application of the law vigorously on violators in order not to be contact between birds and the public ..

وثالثا إحكام الرقابة علي بائعي الدواجن ومحلات البيع والذبح.​

Thirdly tighten controls on poultry sellers, shops selling and slaughter.

أكد د.​

He said.

حاتم الجبلي وزير الصحة أنه لا يوجد تحول للفيروس إلي الإنسان وأن جميع الإصابات هي إصابة مخالطة وأغلبها في المزارع ولم يتم نقل المرض من مريض إلي مريض بل تم نقل المرض من طيور مخالطة فقط.​

Hatem mountain Minister of Health that there was no shift of the virus to humans and that all the casualties were injured, mostly in contact with farm has been the transmission of the disease from patient to patient, but the disease has been moved from contact with birds only.

أرجع وزير الصحة سبب انتشار مرض أنفلونزا الطيور إلي أن نسبة كبيرة من تطعيمات الطيور بها فاسدة..​

Minister of Health attributed the cause of the spread of avian influenza that a large proportion of influenza vaccinations by corrupt ..

موضحا أن الإصابات البشرية 5 حالات فقط..​

He explained that human casualties only 5 cases ..

وسبب الإصابة شراء الدواجن من جهة غير معلومة المصدر وكذلك تعامل المواطنين مع طيور مصابة.​

The reason for the purchase of poultry infection from an unknown source, as well as citizens deal with infected birds.

أكد وزير الصحة اننا رغم هذا نعتبر أقل دولة علي مستوي العالم في الإصابة بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور رغم أن المرض استوطن في مصر وأن نسبة الشفاء إذا تم الإبلاغ عنها يكون الشفاء 100% وناشد وزير الصحة المواطنين الإبلاغ فورا عن أي حالة.​

The Minister of Health, although we consider this less state in the world in the incidence of disease bird flu although the disease was settled in Egypt and the percentage of recovery if reported a 100% recovery and appealed to the Minister of Health citizens immediately reporting any case.

وقال أيمن القفاص المتحدث الرسمي باسم اللجنة العليا لمكافحة أنفلونزا الطيور..​

He said Ayman saw spokesman Higher Committee for the control of avian influenza ..

إن اللجنة اتخذت عدة قرارات فورية وسريعة هي:​

The Committee has taken several decisions immediately are:

غلق أي مزرعة يتكرر فيها انتشار المرض لمدة 6 أشهر وأن صاحب المزرعة مسئول مسئولية كاملة وشخصية عن سلامة الدواجن والنقل والترخيص والبيانات وأي مخالفة من جانبه يقوم المحافظ التي تقع المزرعة في دائرة اختصاصه بغلقها فورا.​

Repeated closure of any farm where the spread of the disease for a period of 6 months and that the farm fully accountable and personal safety of poultry transport, licensing, data and any violation is part of the conservative farm located in a jurisdiction being immediately.

تشديد الرقابة علي الإنتاج الداجني وأن تكون صارمة وحاسمة من جانب المحافظين.​

Tighten control of poultry production and be strict and decisive by the conservatives.

طريقة حفظ وتناول اللقاح لابد أن تكون سليمة وعدم تداول الدواجن المريضة أو نقلها أو التعامل معها.​

The method of addressing the vaccine must be sound and not handling diseased poultry or transfer or dealing with them.

عدم الإهمال إذا شعر المريض المخالط بارتفاع في درجة الحرارة عليه التوجه إلي أقرب مستشفي للعلاج ويتحدث عن حالته بكل صراحة.​

Non negligence if the patient felt Almkhalt rise in temperature by going to the nearest hospital for treatment and speaks frankly about his condition.

أشار إلي أن مرض أنفلونزا الطيور أصبح مستوطنا في مصر وأنه ظهر في محافظات الدقهلية والغربية والشرقية والجيزة وبني سويف والفيوم.​

He noted that the avian influenza virus has become endemic in Egypt, he appeared in the provinces of Dakahlia, West and East, Giza and Beni Suef and Fayoum.

أضاف أن أغلب الحالات المنتشرة بها إصابات كانت بين السيدات المخالطات للمرض والعاملين بمزارع الدواجن.​

His most cases, the injuries were scattered among the women contacts of the disease and poultry farmer workers.

أكد أن الخطر يواجه الجميع ولابد من التكاتف والتوعية وفي هذا الصدد خصصت وزارة الإعلام برامج للتوعية بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور.​

The danger is facing all and must unite and awareness in this regard, for which the Ministry of Information awareness programmes contracted avian influenza</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[Theresa42]

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Morning everybody! Day-trip was canceled ...

... so here I am! Hope it'll be a quiet Friday.

Thanks for the translation, treyfish! Cool!

 

[Commonground]

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Post #82

Quite a few of the suspected infected by bird flu were received by Sadr Mansoura Hospital since yesterday, was detained seven citizens are: Mr. Alusivi doctor[?] from the village and they Aldnanic: Nima Mohammed Mahmoud Abdul Hamid, Abdulrahman Ali Bader and his son Abdulrahman Hamadi 13 years and Fatma Mohammed Saeed, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha Mohammed Fathi, from the village of Ain pomegranate Bdkrns, after the death of a large number of birds in the vicinity of their residence and a rise in temperature.

Just trying to figure out the 7 people.....

Mr. Alusivi doctor (?) - Could be Mr. Sadr (mediator) (40)
Nima Mohammed Mahmoud Abdul Hamid,
Abdulrahman Ali Bader
Abdulrahman Hamadi 13 years
Fatma Mohammed Saeed
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha
Mohammed Fathi

 

[sharon sanders]

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Sorry about your trip, but glad to see you!

Thanks Treyfish and Commonground!

:tiphat:


CG - I will try to help, but the people count is very confusing. :surrender:

 

[Theresa42]

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Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha
Mohammed Fathi

I was thinking that was two names, too, but I wasn't sure how to split them apart.

Could also be:

Ibrahim Abdul Aziz
Nuha Mohammed Fathi.

No idea really.

 

[Commonground]

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I was thinking that was two names, too, but I wasn't sure how to split them apart.

Could also be:

Ibrahim Abdul Aziz
Nuha Mohammed Fathi.

No idea really.

Couldn't Ibrahim Abdul Aziz/Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha = our current case Ibrahim Abdul [Abdel] Razek ?

Couldn't Nuha Mohammed Fathi = Mohammad Fathi (13)?

 

[sharon sanders]

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Couldn't Ibrahim Abdul Aziz/Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha = our current case Ibrahim Abdul [Abdel] Razek ?

Couldn't Nuha Mohammed Fathi = Mohammad Fathi (13)?

That makes sense to me.

 

[Commonground]

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After all this analysis, going to shop for a crib will be such a delight.

 

[Theresa42]

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Couldn't Ibrahim Abdul Aziz/Ibrahim Abdulaziz Nuha = our current case Ibrahim Abdul [Abdel] Razek ?

Couldn't Nuha Mohammed Fathi = Mohammad Fathi (13)?

Oh yeah -- you're prolly right about Nuha Mohammed Fathi.

Not 100% sure about the other one.

Crib shopping definitely = fun!

 

[Theresa42]

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Two new suspected cases from Qena -- mother and daughter?

Plus, a bunch of negatives (yay!) -- the policeman and others. Six altogehter.

Not sure what they're saying about suspected case Mohammad Khalil Abdalkoi -- that they've sampled and culled his birds?

Google-translated from Arabic:

Reservation suspected cases of avian influenza in Qena
The new focus of the disease crucified Hamada
Jan 4, 2008

Dr. Zia Egyptian Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health had been detained another of Jasmine Khaled Adli year and a half and meet Mustafa Hussein, 24 years old homemaker, hospital salt Qena injuries on suspicion of avian influenza. He added: Security Directorate was informed and sending samples to laboratories survey central ministry, pointing out that the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine cleared their homes and advised birds in the region.

On a related, said Maj. Gen. Magdi Ayoub governor tighten controls on health preservation and birds inside the borders.

On the other hand, central laboratory tests proved the Ministry of Health negative samples from suspects Hospital Dietetic Mahala heat and left the hospital each Hani El-Ashry [policeman] from the village of Ameriya, Huda Khaled year and a half from the village Aldoakhlih, witnessed Shihata, 8 months, and Aida Abdulaziz 28, from replaced by Abu Ali, Ahmed Salem, 24 years of Ezbet Republic, Mohamed K. 52 years of Ezbet governor, after immunized real estate Tamiflu ?.

While headed a committee of the Directorate of Health lake house Mohammad Khalil Abdalkoi of Kom Hamada, reserved salt Damanhour hospital since last 28/12, to clean the house and take samples from around after the tests proved positive disease from samples taken from poultry in place. Been executed 105 chickens, 42 ducks and 12 pigeon.

In another context, was arrested at the car No. 55754 transfer Dakahlia governorate of Ismailia, with 3 thousand dead bird tests proved they were the result of different diseases not related to bird flu were buried Bmahgr health and the liberalization of Case No. 351 cover of the large hill.

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsD...in&PHPSESSID=d80156f4bf06575483adf93d0c5c4cce

 

[Commonground]

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From Post #96:

Mohamed K. 52 years of Ezbet governor,

so this is "Hatem Mohamad Jamil (52) from Mahala?

 

[Theresa42]

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From Post #96:


so this is "Hatem Mohamad Jamil (52) from Mahala?

Hmmmm. Not sure. Could be right.

 

[Anne]

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http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=88858

By Tarek Amin - Metwalli Salem 4/1/2008

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More people were hospitalized yesterday in different governorates with suspected bird flu: two in Qena, one in Beheira and a record five in Damietta.
The Food Supply Investigations Bureau continued its campaign against contravening shops, especially in Alexandria, where 37 sellers had more than 1,600 chickens confiscated yesterday.
The supreme committee charged with fighting bird flu decided to step up measures to control farms and to make sure that all infected poultry is immunized and culled, and that affected farms are closed for six months or forever should a new infection occur.
Speaking exclusively to al-Masry al-Youm, Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza said that house breeding was still the main cause behind the spread of the virus.
He also decided to enforce the decree about controlling the transfer of living poultry among governorates and increasing the number of security checkpoints along the borders to ascertain that regulations are being applied.
Health and Population Minister Hatem el-Gabaly said that the strategic stock of Tam flu available at the Ministry amounts to about 2.5 million doses.
Speaking at a symposium on the late developments of bird flu treatment, infectious disease director-general Amr Kandil reiterated el-Gabaly's warnings against leniency with this deadly disease.
He explained that since the virus first appeared in the country in March 2006, 19 people have died out of 43 cases: 2 children out of 20, 1 man out of 4 and 16 women out of 19, while other people infected eventually recovered

 

[Theresa42]

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Leading story in Al Masry Al Youm [Egypt Today].

Mentions new suspected cases admitted yesterday: 2 in Qena (prolly the 2 above), 1 in Beheira (to be added to list), and 5 in Damietta (also to be added -- we don't have anyone from Damietta, do we?).

Google-translated from Arabic:

"War" Bird flu: the virus sweeping .. The government resisted
Jan 4, 2008

Wrote Tariq Salim Amin, Mitwalli and governorates

Continued dietary hospitals in the provinces, yesterday, the detention of new cases suspected of carrying bird flu, a hospital where he was detained two Qena, and the lake [Beheira] one case, striking hospital Damietta index detention of 5 cases. The Investigation Supply campaigns contrary to the assignee, and the largest, yesterday, the campaign against Alexandria, which resulted in the reservation at more than 1600 chickens in the 37 vendors.

The Supreme Committee to Combat Bird Flu tighten controls on poultry farms and rural education to make sure immunizations and execution of all infected birds, and the closure affected farms for a period of 6 months as a first stage, and finally closed if repeated injury.

He Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture, in statements to Al "Egyptian Today" that home education is still the greatest problem in the spread of the disease. Abaza said that the resolution would be for the control of movement of birds living among provinces and increase the number of ambushes [check points] security on the border between them, to make sure that controls the transfer of live birds to besiege the disease.

On the other hand, Dr. Hatem mountain, Minister of Health and Population, the strategic reserves of real estate Tamiflu, located in stores Ministry currently amounts to about 2.5 million doses.

He renewed his warnings mountain of inaction and leniency with the killer disease, in a speech on his behalf d. Amr Kandeel, director general of infectious diseases, yesterday, at a symposium on the revitalization of developments for the treatment of avian influenza.

He explained that the number of casualties, since the emergence of the disease in Egypt in March 2006 until now, the 43 cases, of which 19 died, and the number of children of these cases 20 children, including two children died and 4 cases of men, one of whom died only, and 19 woman, died 16 them. The remaining cases recovering.

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