From MASRAWY Online News, March 31, 2008:
New York Times: Egypt third countries affected by avian influenza in the world 3/31/2008 7:55:00 PM
Egypt third countries affected by avian influenza
Translation and preparation - Saif and Emad Sayed Kamel -
The chicken filled the streets of most villages in Egypt in addition to a number of cities roads .. But bird flu has changed all that, chickens disappeared from the Egyptian street because of the growing awareness and increased fear of this dreaded disease.
Despite the dwindling News avian influenza in the world press, however, experts are still fearful of the spread of disease.
According to the "New York Times" America in a report on the crisis that Egypt is ranked third among the countries most affected by avian influenza after Indonesia and Vietnam and 47 injured after an Egyptian disease and the death of 20 cases of them.
And tried Egyptian government during the last two years to change the Egyptians usually preferred in poultry, especially with the increasing spread of avian influenza, but with the increasing incidence of the disease in Egypt, began housewives Egyptologist in abandoning usually poultry after the Egyptian government finds it very difficult to convince people not to poultry.
"In the first people were scared to Frakha, but now people Aptdt fear itself." This is what she said Abeer Moussa described what is going to change in the habits of the people in her village - compromise - of the Fayoum governorate.
He says Juan emergence, head of the infectious diseases from animals of the United Nations, "There are some places around the world Imanana control of the disease by Egypt and of course one of those places."
Joan and added "in spite of the presence of the disease in many regions around the world, however, he was frequently in Egypt makes things more dangerous"
The bird flu occur only when inhale infected bird feathers or blood, but the problem is that most of those who deal with poultry in Egypt are children and women and this led to the three quarters in Egypt infected children and women.
When the disease appeared in Egypt in February 2006 by the Egyptian authorities executed 25 million chickens were mostly farm family home.
"People in Fayoum lost too many because of the emergence of avian influenza," This is what she said the magic spring, which became her village - compromise - sufficient experience on bird flu, and added Charm "The government gathering Chicks and the people were Ptkhav on Frakha and Tkhbayha under the bed !! "
But human bird flu infections began to appear in March 2006 the existence of 16 cases of the disease and died of which 6 cases. In Fayoum occurred only five cases and the case of another death on the fourth of March.
And the United States Agency for International Development funded a campaign to educate Egyptians against bird flu through television and home visits by the Egyptian girls.
The Egyptians has recently put in nesting birds away from the reach of humans, farmers have started wearing masks and gloves and they deal with the chicken, but the multiple deaths that have occurred in Egypt was the greatest motivation for learning and reservists.
Said one resident, Ahmed Ragab Egyptian villages, "There's awareness towards the comprehensive avian influenza now in Egypt, and I learned that people vaccinated flocks, all people afraid of what happened in gunshot - the village that happened by the event of death due to bird flu in the month of March - and make this people deal with the birds very carefully. "
New York Times: Egypt third countries affected by avian influenza in the world 3/31/2008 7:55:00 PM
Egypt third countries affected by avian influenza
Translation and preparation - Saif and Emad Sayed Kamel -
The chicken filled the streets of most villages in Egypt in addition to a number of cities roads .. But bird flu has changed all that, chickens disappeared from the Egyptian street because of the growing awareness and increased fear of this dreaded disease.
Despite the dwindling News avian influenza in the world press, however, experts are still fearful of the spread of disease.
According to the "New York Times" America in a report on the crisis that Egypt is ranked third among the countries most affected by avian influenza after Indonesia and Vietnam and 47 injured after an Egyptian disease and the death of 20 cases of them.
And tried Egyptian government during the last two years to change the Egyptians usually preferred in poultry, especially with the increasing spread of avian influenza, but with the increasing incidence of the disease in Egypt, began housewives Egyptologist in abandoning usually poultry after the Egyptian government finds it very difficult to convince people not to poultry.
"In the first people were scared to Frakha, but now people Aptdt fear itself." This is what she said Abeer Moussa described what is going to change in the habits of the people in her village - compromise - of the Fayoum governorate.
He says Juan emergence, head of the infectious diseases from animals of the United Nations, "There are some places around the world Imanana control of the disease by Egypt and of course one of those places."
Joan and added "in spite of the presence of the disease in many regions around the world, however, he was frequently in Egypt makes things more dangerous"
The bird flu occur only when inhale infected bird feathers or blood, but the problem is that most of those who deal with poultry in Egypt are children and women and this led to the three quarters in Egypt infected children and women.
When the disease appeared in Egypt in February 2006 by the Egyptian authorities executed 25 million chickens were mostly farm family home.
"People in Fayoum lost too many because of the emergence of avian influenza," This is what she said the magic spring, which became her village - compromise - sufficient experience on bird flu, and added Charm "The government gathering Chicks and the people were Ptkhav on Frakha and Tkhbayha under the bed !! "
But human bird flu infections began to appear in March 2006 the existence of 16 cases of the disease and died of which 6 cases. In Fayoum occurred only five cases and the case of another death on the fourth of March.
And the United States Agency for International Development funded a campaign to educate Egyptians against bird flu through television and home visits by the Egyptian girls.
The Egyptians has recently put in nesting birds away from the reach of humans, farmers have started wearing masks and gloves and they deal with the chicken, but the multiple deaths that have occurred in Egypt was the greatest motivation for learning and reservists.
Said one resident, Ahmed Ragab Egyptian villages, "There's awareness towards the comprehensive avian influenza now in Egypt, and I learned that people vaccinated flocks, all people afraid of what happened in gunshot - the village that happened by the event of death due to bird flu in the month of March - and make this people deal with the birds very carefully. "
