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Egypt finds two new bird flu cases in humans
CAIRO, April 2 (KUNA) -- Two new human bird flu cases have been found in Egypt bringing the total number of Egyptians infected with the fatal virus to eight, one of whom is a worker in Jordan, Egyptian minister of health Dr. Hatem El-Jabli announced Sunday.
Speaking to reporters before departing to Paris today, El-Jabli said that two sisters aged 18 months and six years have been infected with the virus after playing in a place containing dead birds. The two girls, from Kafr El-Shaikh, are being treated and they are in stable condition. Other members of their family have been cleared after being tested, he said.
Contacts with the US and the World Bank on supporting Egypt in fighting avian flu have come out fruitless where they refused top provide assistance on the pretext that Egypt's economy is good and does not need aid, he said.
Two Egyptian women have died from the killer virus while authorities here are fighting to control the disease by taking human specimens for testing on a daily basis in places where the virus has spread. (end) ams.mhm.
Egypt finds two new bird flu cases in humans
CAIRO, April 2 (KUNA) -- Two new human bird flu cases have been found in Egypt bringing the total number of Egyptians infected with the fatal virus to eight, one of whom is a worker in Jordan, Egyptian minister of health Dr. Hatem El-Jabli announced Sunday.
Speaking to reporters before departing to Paris today, El-Jabli said that two sisters aged 18 months and six years have been infected with the virus after playing in a place containing dead birds. The two girls, from Kafr El-Shaikh, are being treated and they are in stable condition. Other members of their family have been cleared after being tested, he said.
Contacts with the US and the World Bank on supporting Egypt in fighting avian flu have come out fruitless where they refused top provide assistance on the pretext that Egypt's economy is good and does not need aid, he said.
Two Egyptian women have died from the killer virus while authorities here are fighting to control the disease by taking human specimens for testing on a daily basis in places where the virus has spread. (end) ams.mhm.