First human death of H5N1 bird flu in Egypt
The first human death caused by the bird flu virus H5N1 in Egypt, was announced today. The thirty year old Amal Muhammed Ismail from the village of Nawa in the Qalyubiyya province 40 Km from Cairo, became the first human victim of the virus.
She maintained a domestic chicken farm, altough the government decided to ban them in the wake of the first cases of birds contaminated with the virus last month.´She had been treated with tamiflu, the authorities had sent samples to Britain for further tests.
The security forces has sealed of the village, and health officials are taking samples from people who may have come into contact with her or her poultry. 98 people have died in bird fly world wide since the first case in 2003.
Bird flu,H5N1, Egypt
She maintained a domestic chicken farm, altough the government decided to ban them in the wake of the first cases of birds contaminated with the virus last month.´She had been treated with tamiflu, the authorities had sent samples to Britain for further tests.
The security forces has sealed of the village, and health officials are taking samples from people who may have come into contact with her or her poultry. 98 people have died in bird fly world wide since the first case in 2003.
Bird flu,H5N1, Egypt
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