Zero credibility for Egypt disease status as no H5N1 bird flu cases confirmed so far this flu season amid continuing media crackdown - January 31, 201

[sharon sanders]

So far this flu season Egypt has denied all suspected bird flu H5N1 cases.This is not believable. Please see last year's case list here.

A few stories we have collected:

Egypt - Health Directorate in Giza: six suspected cases of H5N1 bird flu so far in January, no deaths

Egypt - Suspected H5N1 bird flu hospitalized - Dakahlia - January 29, 2016

Egypt - Media report: H5N1 avian flu case tested positive in Fayoum - January 28, 2016

Egypt - 34 persons test negative for bird flu H5N1 - Sohag governorate - January 26, 2016

Egypt - 4 persons test negative for bird flu H5N1 in Qalyubiyah governorate - January 26, 2016

Egypt - Media report: Man, 47, died from H5N1 bird flu - Kafr El-Sheikh - January 24, 2016

Egypt - Fayoum MoH declares emergency to counter & monitor suspected H5N1 bird flu cases - January 22, 2016

Egypt - Extent of avian influenza infection in humans much higher than currently thought - CDC

Egypt, media report - Three Suspect Avian Flu Cases, 1 Death in Dakahlia - Test results Pending - January 21, 2016

Egypt - Media report: 100 people being treated for H5N1 bird flu in Abbasia Mental Hospital in Cairo - January 21, 2016

Egypt - MoA announces control of 16 new outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in 4 provinces - January 20, 2016


for more please see our Egypt H5N1 forum here.


Government media crack down is impacting reporting of anything negative including unfavorable disease status.


Cartoonist Is Arrested as Egypt Cracks Down on Critics

By DECLAN WALSH and AMINA ISMAILJAN. 31, 2016

CAIRO — A popular Egyptian cartoonist was arrested Sunday on charges of running a website without a license, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest escalation of a campaign to silence the government’s online critics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/wo...artoonist.html