Five H5N1 Avian Flu Deaths So Far This Year
EGYPT
An Egyptian woman and child died of H5N1 avian flu, the health ministry said on Monday, the fourth and fifth persons to die of the illness in the country this year.
The six-year-old child died in Minya province on Monday evening, after a 47-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Assiut province earlier in the day, ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
Both Assiut and Minya provinces are rural areas that have seen a number of bird...