EGYPT - No new human cases of bf according to the Egyptian government

[Theresa42]

Must've been a little announcement from the government's Bird Flu Committee today....

Google-transalted from Arabic:

Stability death Avian when 15 cases
Aug 2, 2007

Mustafa Al-Sana wrote :

The Supreme Committee for the Health Ministry's bird flu stability of the number of cases of bird flu since the emergence of the disease in 38 cases only those who died were 15 cases and 23 cases of curable. Dr. Amr Qandil Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine ministry, that all the samples that have been analyzed from household contacts of birds and farms were negative. No move influenza virus from birds to contacts [i.e. humans] despite the emergence of injuries among birds in some provinces. [This sounds as though there have been some outbreaks in poultry recently. Don't know any details.]

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsD...al&PHPSESSID=72c17398e8e88c88c8e34c23b5513352

 

[Theresa42]

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Rumors of a human bf case northwest of Cairo. Hat-tip, Solitaire!

Egyptian health authorities deny reports about new case of bird flu
Health 8/2/2007 7:20:00 PM

CAIRO, Aug 2 (KUNA) -- Egyptian health authorities on Thursday denied that a new case of bird flu was discovered and stressed there were no new cases of that disease after case 38, which was successfully treated and left hospital.

"There are no grounds to media reports about a new case of bird flu reported in the Burj Al-Arab area, north-west of Cairo," the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.

It added that, rather than a new human case of bird flu, a new case was discovered among birds that were under observation.

"Ever since the outbreak of the disease in Egypt at the beginning of last year, some 3,039 people were put in isolation under suspicion of carrying the virus," the statement said.

It added that, out of 38 confirmed cases, some 15 died, while the remaining 23 were cured due to the medical care they have received.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1832056&Language=en

 

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Google-translated from Arabic:

[Ministry of] Health denies the existence of casualties Avian Borg Al-Arab
8/2/2007

Cairo - The Ministry of Health and Population that there was no truth at all in a newspaper published in the Journal of the existence of cases of human avian influenza illness La Bahij Borg Al-Arab and has announced the plant's central control over the production is Aldagen infection among birds and not human injury.

The ministry said in a statement on Thursday - that he had not shown any human infection case after the 38, which Holland recovered and left the hospital Abbasiya issued three days ago - according to the Middle East News Agency.

The statement pointed out that the case was isolated in 3539 on suspicion of being infected with avian influenza disease so far, since the emergence of the disease in Egypt early last year, has confirmed 38 cases infection died, including 15 cases and recovered the rest of the 23 state thanks to the medical service provided in hospitals and the Ministry of Health and Population Due to the cooperation citizens and initiative to the nearest hospital to take medical advice.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egypt/Politics/August/2/birdflu.aspx

 

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Egyptian health authorities deny reports about new case of bird flu
Health 8/2/2007 7:20:00 PM

CAIRO, Aug 2 (KUNA) -- Egyptian health authorities on Thursday denied that a new case of bird flu was discovered and stressed there were no new cases of that disease after case 38, which was successfully treated and left hospital.

"There are no grounds to media reports about a new case of bird flu reported in the Burj Al-Arab area, north-west of Cairo," the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.

It added that, rather than a new human case of bird flu, a new case was discovered among birds that were under observation.

(...)

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1832056&Language=en

So, a couple of people connected to this rumor were, in fact, tested for bf -- but their test results were negative. The two people do own poultry that was infected, though. It's not clear if they were showing any symptoms. ??

Machine-translated from Arabic:

The Ministry of Health denies the appearance of new human injuries by the bird flu
Aug 4, 2007

She wrote - Sanaa Mostafa: Denied Doctor Hatem al-Jabali, the Minister of Health and Population and the president of the higher committee of the bird flu, the appearance of new human injuries by the disease since withstanding the preparation of the injured conditions at 38 case only. And the Minister confirmed that the samples analysis results to the persons who declared their injury a passivity [negative] came.

Doctor Abdul Rahman Shahin, the spokesman to the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the two conditions that declared their injury by the bird flu disease from Burj Al-Arab and Samalut are owners [of] birds injured by the disease and they carried out the notification about the injuries and they not injured by the disease the matter that led to the occurrence of a mixing in the declaration of a human injury contrary to fact.

And the spokesman said that the Ministry received from the General Authority for the veterinary services in the Ministry of Agriculture analysis results rest birds samples in the places that were declared the appearance of virus by them and the mixing confirmed the safety of rest birds.

Also holding an examination and the analysis of all of the house birds were decided in the regions of Burj Al-Arab and Samalut to make sure of the eradication of the disease virus finally and the continuation of the analyses holding of the present persons in those regions to make sure of their being free from the injury by the bird flu virus.

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsD...al&PHPSESSID=68c9ecfacc7f6841b391e2000527c9f3

 

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Machine-translated from Arabic:

The Ministry of Health denies the appearance of new human injuries by the bird flu
Aug 4, 2007

(...)

Doctor Abdul Rahman Shahin, the spokesman to the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the two conditions that declared their injury by the bird flu disease from Burj Al-Arab and Samalut are owners [of] birds injured by the disease and they carried out the notification about the injuries and they not injured by the disease the matter that led to the occurrence of a mixing in the declaration of a human injury contrary to fact.

And the spokesman said that the Ministry received from the General Authority for the veterinary services in the Ministry of Agriculture analysis results rest birds samples in the places that were declared the appearance of virus by them and the mixing confirmed the safety of rest birds.

Also holding an examination and the analysis of all of the house birds were decided in the regions of Burj Al-Arab and Samalut to make sure of the eradication of the disease virus finally and the continuation of the analyses holding of the present persons in those regions to make sure of their being free from the injury by the bird flu virus.

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsD...al&PHPSESSID=68c9ecfacc7f6841b391e2000527c9f3

Why is it that even though there's obviously ongoing outbreaks of bf in poultry in Egypt there hasn't been an OIE report from Egypt since March 23, 2006? I thought all H5N1 confirmations were reportable.

http://www.oie.int/downld/AVIAN INFLUENZA/A_AI-Asia.htm