Egypt is puzzled by the evolution of bird flu

In just four days, Egypt witnessed 3 deaths from bird flu, bringing the total number of people killed by H5N1 virus in the country to 10 and causing concerns about the spread of the disease.

In just four days, Egypt witnessed 3 deaths from bird flu, bringing the total number of people killed by H5N1 virus in the country to 10 and causing concerns about the spread of the disease.

Reda Abdel Halim Farid, 26, from a large family in Gharbiya, 90 km south of Cairo is the latest victim of bird flu. He died on Wednesday (December 27) and was the third death in four days after the deaths of two other members of the family.

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Poultry is sold at a market in Cairo (Photo: Xinhua)

Ahead of this process, Egyptian Ministry of Health spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahine said the situation seemed dangerous, but still under control. He also added that Egypt is cooperating with the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Union (EU) members to provide vaccines to deal with the disease.

According to Ahmed el-Emary, a senior official of the Egyptian Ministry of Health, the situation will be even more complicated in March - the season of migratory birds - the time when hundreds of EU birds will fly across Egypt to Europe. Africa.

Meanwhile, according to Egyptian government spokesman Magdi Radi, the country has come up with a comprehensive plan to deal with this problem and a large amount of anti-Tamiflu medicine has also been imported into Egypt. Radi also asked people to stop buying live poultry, recommending that they should best change their habits and buy ready-made poultry under the control of authorities.

In relation to bird flu, an Indonesian official today said the country will spend $ 61 million to control bird flu in 2007. He also said Indonesia's important international partners have pledged to increase. doubling their support for Avian Influenza in Indonesia to $ 65.5 million next year.

So far, Indonesia has 74 people infected with bird flu, of which 57 have died - the most in the world.

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Update 14 December 2018
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