Egypt confirms 68th human bird flu case

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   34 year-old Egyptian woman dies of Bird flu 

CAIRO, April 23 (KUNA) -- A 34 year-old Egyptian woman died of the H5N1 bird flu virus on Thursday, bringing the number of such deaths to 24 and the total of all cases in the country to 68, Egyptian health ministry spokesman Abdul-Rahman Shaheen said.
The spokesman said in a statement that symptoms on the woman started on April 21st where she was admitted to hospital after high temperature fever, adding that the woman was handling dead birds in her neighborhood.
However, she was treated with the drug Tamiflu but remained in critical condition until she died, the spokesman added.
Egypt is the most affected country by the deadly avian influenza outside Asia.
It reported its first H5N1 virus in dead poultry in February 2006 and the first human case in March of the same year. (end) nwr.mb KUNA 232223 Apr 09NNNN 

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	34 year-old Egyptian woman dies of Bird flu CAIRO, April 23 (KUNA) -- A 34 year-old Egyptian woman died of the H5N1 bird flu virus on Thursday, bringing the number of such deaths to 24 and the total of all cases in the country to 68, Egyptian health ministry spokesman Abdul-Rahman Shaheen said. The spokesman said in a statement that symptoms on the woman started on April 21st where she was admitted to hospital after high temperature fever, adding that the woman was handling dead birds in her neighborhood. However, she was treated with the drug Tamiflu but remained in critical condition until she died, the spokesman added. Egypt is the most affected country by the deadly avian influenza outside Asia. It reported its first H5N1 virus in dead poultry in February 2006 and the first human case in March of the same year. (end) nwr.mb KUNA 232223 Apr 09NNNN