New avian flu infective episode in Egypt
A new morbid event of person’s infection with a virus of avian flu has been fixed in Egypt on Sunday, on April, 8. It was officially reported in the interview with journalists by Health Ministry representative Abel Rahman Shahin.
Virus H5N1 has been found out at the 15-years girl living in area Shobra in Cairo. As it was informed, she had direct contact with the domestic birds.
On April, 5 the girl was hospitalized in Abbasia hospital with high temperature. Now she undergoes special preparation treatment, doctors estimate her state as stable.
Egypt is one of the most suffered from avian flu countries. In total there were fixed 34 cases of infection of the person by virus H5N1for about a year. 13 persons have died, 18 persons have completely recovered and three currently undergo medical treatment.