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Egypt reports 4th bird flu death
Thursday, April 13, 2006 Posted: 2223 GMT (0623 HKT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A fourth Egyptian has died of bird flu, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.
Samah Mandouh Abdel Ghaffar, 18, died in hospital Thursday in the Nile Delta province of Manoufiya, Health Minister Hatem el-Gabaly said in a statement.
Gawad had been admitted to the hospital on April 10 and was on life-saving support at the time of her death, the minister said.
Twelve Egyptians, including two sisters, have contracted the deadly H5N1 virus of bird flu since early March. Four -- all women -- have died.
The two sisters and three other patients recovered, and three people are still in hospital, according to the minister's statement.
Seventy-four people who appeared to have symptoms of bird flu were tested Wednesday and Thursday, but found not to have the disease, the minister said.
Three new cases of birds with H5N1 were found in separate provinces on Thursday, the statement said. All the birds in the areas nearby were culled.
Since the disease was first detected in Egyptian birds in February, the disease has spread to 19 of the country's 26 provinces. Egypt lies on a migratory route for wild birds.
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than a hundred people worldwide, mostly in Asia, according to the World Health Organization.
It has also killed or forced the slaughter of more than 200 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other domestic fowl in Asia, Europe and Africa.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/13/egypt.birdflu.ap/
Thursday, April 13, 2006 Posted: 2223 GMT (0623 HKT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A fourth Egyptian has died of bird flu, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.
Samah Mandouh Abdel Ghaffar, 18, died in hospital Thursday in the Nile Delta province of Manoufiya, Health Minister Hatem el-Gabaly said in a statement.
Gawad had been admitted to the hospital on April 10 and was on life-saving support at the time of her death, the minister said.
Twelve Egyptians, including two sisters, have contracted the deadly H5N1 virus of bird flu since early March. Four -- all women -- have died.
The two sisters and three other patients recovered, and three people are still in hospital, according to the minister's statement.
Seventy-four people who appeared to have symptoms of bird flu were tested Wednesday and Thursday, but found not to have the disease, the minister said.
Three new cases of birds with H5N1 were found in separate provinces on Thursday, the statement said. All the birds in the areas nearby were culled.
Since the disease was first detected in Egyptian birds in February, the disease has spread to 19 of the country's 26 provinces. Egypt lies on a migratory route for wild birds.
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than a hundred people worldwide, mostly in Asia, according to the World Health Organization.
It has also killed or forced the slaughter of more than 200 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other domestic fowl in Asia, Europe and Africa.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/13/egypt.birdflu.ap/
