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From an FAO report - HPAI Situation Update May 10, 2006:
FAO representative (07/05/06): The Supreme Committee for Combating Avian Influenza (SCCAI) in Egypt reported that up to 5 May 2006, 839 poultry farms had reported avian influenza but over the last 3 weeks the number of outbreaks per week had started to reduce (April 14th- 20th, 35 farms reported the disease; April 21st-27th, 21 farm outbreaks reported; April 28th - May 4th, 8 farms reported AI, over the last 48 hours only 2 outbreaks were reported). Vaccination still continues. Although the first 25 million doses of vaccine were imported from China by the government, Egypt now allows commercial companies to import vaccine from any other source. Backyard poultry receive free vaccinations and a policy has now been introduced of vaccinating day-old chicks. Further, out of the 9000 samples collected from wild birds in the last 4 months only 2 have tested positive for AI, but the source of infection is unknown. One was the droppings of an egret which was nesting in the centre of Cairo and the other was from a pet bird which was abandoned at the American school in Cairo.
Since the first reported outbreak on 17 February 2006 until 5 May 2006, 1,468 people had been admitted to hospital with suspected avian influenza. Only 13 of these were tested positive for AI, 4 men and 9 women, with an average age of 18 years and an age spread of 1 to 31 years. Two were workers from poultry farms while the remaining eleven were backyard poultry keepers. Eight of these patients recovered while the remaining five died from the disease.
WHO (05/05/06): Egypt has announced the country?s 5th death from H5N1 avian influenza. The death occurred in a previously reported case, a 27-year-old woman from Cairo. She died on 4 May 2006.
http://www.rlc.fao.org/prior/segalim/animal/aviar/pdf/HPAI060510.pdf
FAO representative (07/05/06): The Supreme Committee for Combating Avian Influenza (SCCAI) in Egypt reported that up to 5 May 2006, 839 poultry farms had reported avian influenza but over the last 3 weeks the number of outbreaks per week had started to reduce (April 14th- 20th, 35 farms reported the disease; April 21st-27th, 21 farm outbreaks reported; April 28th - May 4th, 8 farms reported AI, over the last 48 hours only 2 outbreaks were reported). Vaccination still continues. Although the first 25 million doses of vaccine were imported from China by the government, Egypt now allows commercial companies to import vaccine from any other source. Backyard poultry receive free vaccinations and a policy has now been introduced of vaccinating day-old chicks. Further, out of the 9000 samples collected from wild birds in the last 4 months only 2 have tested positive for AI, but the source of infection is unknown. One was the droppings of an egret which was nesting in the centre of Cairo and the other was from a pet bird which was abandoned at the American school in Cairo.
Since the first reported outbreak on 17 February 2006 until 5 May 2006, 1,468 people had been admitted to hospital with suspected avian influenza. Only 13 of these were tested positive for AI, 4 men and 9 women, with an average age of 18 years and an age spread of 1 to 31 years. Two were workers from poultry farms while the remaining eleven were backyard poultry keepers. Eight of these patients recovered while the remaining five died from the disease.
WHO (05/05/06): Egypt has announced the country?s 5th death from H5N1 avian influenza. The death occurred in a previously reported case, a 27-year-old woman from Cairo. She died on 4 May 2006.
http://www.rlc.fao.org/prior/segalim/animal/aviar/pdf/HPAI060510.pdf