#Egypt: #116 Confirmed Human Case #H5N1 Sharqia Gov.

[Eastern province translates into Sharqia Gov.]

Total casualties up to 116 cases including 38 deaths ..
"Health":, a woman from East to "bird flu"
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 14:56

Ministry of Health announced the high number of cases of infection with avian influenza cases to 116, after the discovery confirmed cases of the virus on Tuesday morning, while the number of deaths to 38 deaths since the onset of the disease in 2006 until now.

وأعلن المتحدث الرسمى باسم وزارة الصحة الدكتور عبد الرحمن شاهين أن الإصابة الجديدة بأنفلونزا الطيور لسيدة تبلغ من العمر 56 عاماً من محافظة الشرقية، دخلت أحد مستشفيات محافظة الشرقية، وهى تعانى من ارتفاع فى درجة الحرارة وسعال وصعوبة فى التنفس، وذلك عقب تعرضها لطيور يشتبه فى إصابتها بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور، وتم إعطاؤها عقار "التاميفلو" فور الاشتباه، وأخذت مسحة من الحلق للتحليل المعملى.

His official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, that new infections of bird flu, a woman aged 56, from the Eastern province, entered a hospital in Eastern Province, which is suffering from high fever, cough and difficulty in breathing, and that after being exposed to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu, was given the drug "Tamiflu" as soon as suspicion, and took from the throat swab for laboratory analysis.

وأكد شاهين أن المريضة لديها التهاب رئوى أيسر، وحالتها مستقرة وتم تحويلها إلى مستشفى صدر العباسية بالقاهرة لمتابعة الحالة.

Shaheen told that the patient has pneumonia, Acer, and in stable condition, was transferred to a hospital in Cairo, Abbasid to follow the situation.