Egpyt: Bird flu death toll rise
27/12/2006 16:03  - (SA)  

H5N1 kills Egyptian teen H5N1 kills Egyptian teen H5N1 kills eighth Egyptian H5N1 kills eighth Egyptian

Cairo - A 26-year-old Egyptian man died on Wednesday from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, said the health ministry in Cairo.

Reda Abdel Halim Farid, from the central Nile Delta region of Zifta, is the tenth person to have died in Egypt after contracting the deadly strain, said the ministry.

H5N1 was first diagnosed in birds in Egypt in February, and the first case in humans was announced on March 18.

In its most aggressive form, it has killed more than 150 people worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

 

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