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1 new suspected case from Asyut governorate (+ 2 sus cases from Qina reported above). Hat-tip, UK-Bird!
Google-translated from Arabic:
Mountain [Health Minister]: We need two billion pounds [ca. US$350M] for the fight against avian influenza virus
July 2, 2007
Wrote Tariq Amin and Hisham Yassin and governorates Mamdouh Thabet, Mohamed and Mohamed Hamdi Samkuri
Signed Egypt and the United States yesterday to submit a memorandum of understanding whereby the American side grant $24 million (132 million pounds) for a period of three years from 2007 to 2009 at eight million dollars annually to combat the bird flu disease in Egypt.
The signing was attended from the Egyptian side by Dr Hatem Gabali, Minister of Health, Fayza Abul Naga, Minister of International Cooperation, Dr. Saad Nassar, adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, the American side is Francis Ricardoni American ambassador in Cairo, Maged George presence of the Minister of Environment.
Al-Gabali said Egypt needed to be about $350 million (2 billion pounds) to combat avian flu disease, pointing out that the government has so far received foreign aid amounted to 95 million dollars (640 million pounds).
The minister said: "Egypt is still within safe limits for the injury morbidity and mortality We lowest rate of deaths globally, where he died we have 15 cases of 37 cases a satisfactory rate of 41%, while the global ratio of 61%."
He stressed that the mountain [Health Minister] and high summer temperatures no role for them in the disappearance of H5N1 virus that causes bird flu disease, noting that the months of March and June last seen 14 cases including satisfactory situation and one death.
At the same time, Sadr Hospital detained in Assiut yesterday first case of human infected with symptoms similar to bird flu in the province, and detained two Viral hospital on suspicion of Qena.
Dr Ahmad Abd Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Hospital in Assiut that Sadr was detained woman alleges dreams Sayed Mahmoud from the village Dkran Abotej Center after being shot in the high temperature, vomiting, excessive was sure that injury contacts with the disease, had been taking samples for analysis.
In Qena, said Dr Mohammed Dia-Masri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, said that two cases had been detained on suspicion of catching the disease and symptoms are from the village of Ahmad Abdin Altramesh Abofadil, Salwa Ibrahim from the village Aljublao.
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=67077
Google-translated from Arabic:
Mountain [Health Minister]: We need two billion pounds [ca. US$350M] for the fight against avian influenza virus
July 2, 2007
Wrote Tariq Amin and Hisham Yassin and governorates Mamdouh Thabet, Mohamed and Mohamed Hamdi Samkuri
Signed Egypt and the United States yesterday to submit a memorandum of understanding whereby the American side grant $24 million (132 million pounds) for a period of three years from 2007 to 2009 at eight million dollars annually to combat the bird flu disease in Egypt.
The signing was attended from the Egyptian side by Dr Hatem Gabali, Minister of Health, Fayza Abul Naga, Minister of International Cooperation, Dr. Saad Nassar, adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, the American side is Francis Ricardoni American ambassador in Cairo, Maged George presence of the Minister of Environment.
Al-Gabali said Egypt needed to be about $350 million (2 billion pounds) to combat avian flu disease, pointing out that the government has so far received foreign aid amounted to 95 million dollars (640 million pounds).
The minister said: "Egypt is still within safe limits for the injury morbidity and mortality We lowest rate of deaths globally, where he died we have 15 cases of 37 cases a satisfactory rate of 41%, while the global ratio of 61%."
He stressed that the mountain [Health Minister] and high summer temperatures no role for them in the disappearance of H5N1 virus that causes bird flu disease, noting that the months of March and June last seen 14 cases including satisfactory situation and one death.
At the same time, Sadr Hospital detained in Assiut yesterday first case of human infected with symptoms similar to bird flu in the province, and detained two Viral hospital on suspicion of Qena.
Dr Ahmad Abd Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Hospital in Assiut that Sadr was detained woman alleges dreams Sayed Mahmoud from the village Dkran Abotej Center after being shot in the high temperature, vomiting, excessive was sure that injury contacts with the disease, had been taking samples for analysis.
In Qena, said Dr Mohammed Dia-Masri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, said that two cases had been detained on suspicion of catching the disease and symptoms are from the village of Ahmad Abdin Altramesh Abofadil, Salwa Ibrahim from the village Aljublao.
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=67077