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An Egyptian zoo keeper sprays disinfectant in duck cages
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 05 May 2006 0118 hrs
Egypt reports fifth bird flu death
CAIRO - An Egyptian woman died Thursday of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the fifth fatal case in the country, the official MENA news agency quoted the health ministry as saying.
The ministry had reported on Wednesday that the 27-year-old was infected by poultry from a domestic rearing in the Nile Delta governorate of Menufiya.
The World Health Organisation said Wednesday that the woman "stayed in a household where numerous chickens were slaughtered".
Out of the 13 human cases of bird flu that have been reported among Egyptians since mid-March, five were fatal and eight people recovered after being treated with Tamiflu.
A total of 206 people worldwide are confirmed by the World Health Organisation as having been infected, out of which 113 have died. But experts say many cases go unreported.
According to Egypt's supreme committee to combat bird flu, 20 out of the country's 26 governorates have been affected by the bird flu epidemic.
Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, is on a major route for migratory birds and is the hardest-hit non-Asian country since the bird flu epidemic broke out in 2003.
Four people also died of the highly pathogenic virus in Turkey.
The highest number of fatalities in the world was reported in Vietnam, where bird flu has claimed 42 lives, according to WHO statistics.
Health officials and experts say the rate of contamination from diseased birds to humans is high in Egypt, where people often come in contact with the animals and their droppings.
"People need to change their behaviour, the way they are living with poultry," the WHO's regional health regulation officer told AFP last month.
- AFP /ls
AFP text, photos, graphics and logos shall not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. AFP shall not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in any AFP content, or for any actions taken in consequence.
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There is now more death in egypt than in turkey from BF.
An Egyptian zoo keeper sprays disinfectant in duck cages
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 05 May 2006 0118 hrs
Egypt reports fifth bird flu death
CAIRO - An Egyptian woman died Thursday of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the fifth fatal case in the country, the official MENA news agency quoted the health ministry as saying.
The ministry had reported on Wednesday that the 27-year-old was infected by poultry from a domestic rearing in the Nile Delta governorate of Menufiya.
The World Health Organisation said Wednesday that the woman "stayed in a household where numerous chickens were slaughtered".
Out of the 13 human cases of bird flu that have been reported among Egyptians since mid-March, five were fatal and eight people recovered after being treated with Tamiflu.
A total of 206 people worldwide are confirmed by the World Health Organisation as having been infected, out of which 113 have died. But experts say many cases go unreported.
According to Egypt's supreme committee to combat bird flu, 20 out of the country's 26 governorates have been affected by the bird flu epidemic.
Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, is on a major route for migratory birds and is the hardest-hit non-Asian country since the bird flu epidemic broke out in 2003.
Four people also died of the highly pathogenic virus in Turkey.
The highest number of fatalities in the world was reported in Vietnam, where bird flu has claimed 42 lives, according to WHO statistics.
Health officials and experts say the rate of contamination from diseased birds to humans is high in Egypt, where people often come in contact with the animals and their droppings.
"People need to change their behaviour, the way they are living with poultry," the WHO's regional health regulation officer told AFP last month.
- AFP /ls
AFP text, photos, graphics and logos shall not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. AFP shall not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in any AFP content, or for any actions taken in consequence.
Copyright ? 2006 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved.
There is now more death in egypt than in turkey from BF.