Egypt: Sixth bird flu death
2006-05-18 13:36
Cairo - An elderly woman died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Egypt on Thursday.
The death is the country's sixth fatal case of the virus in humans, said a World Health Organisation official.
"We have some basic information that she was a 75-year-old woman from Al-Minya in southern Egypt ," said John Jabbour, WHO regional health regulation officer.
"She was admitted into hospital yesterday and she died today."
- AFP