Saturday, February 18, 2006

First cases of bird flu in Egypt

Seven cases of bird flu has been found in Egypt. Samples from four chicken in Cairo, two in Giza and one in the Upper egyptian City of Minya have contained the virus so far. The health ministry said tests were carried out on people living nearby, but no human cases had been detected of the deadly H5N1 strain. BBC

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