Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Egypt: Health announces 81 infection of bird flu

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 18:05

In the light of the rapid spread of the swine flu virus in Egypt, which reached the status of cases to 29 so far, the Ministry of Health announced today, Wednesday, No. 81 of human infection from bird flu of a child named Ziad Abdel Hamid Mohamed, aged 5 years and months, the major facility Kulain, province of Kafr el-Sheikh, said Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health.

وقال شاهين إن بداية ظهور الأعراض على الطفل كانت يوم 15 من الشهر الجارى، دخل على إثرها أمس، الثلاثاء، مستشفى حميات كفر الشيخ وهو يعانى ارتفاعا فى درجة الحرارة ورشح عقب تعرضه لطيور يشتبة فى إصابتها بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور، لافتاً إلى أنه فور الاشتباه فى إصابته بالمرض تم إعطاؤه عقار التاميفلو، وحالته المرضية مستقرة، وجارى تحويله لمستشفى منشأة البكرى.

Sahin said that the onset of symptoms the child had been on 15 this month, the impact on income, on Tuesday, the hospital admitted suffering Kafr al-Sheikh, a rise in temperature and after being nominated for the birds suspected of being infected with bird flu, he said, adding that once suspected of being infected with the disease was given the drug Tamiflu, and a stable condition and is being transferred to a hospital facility Bakrie.

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