Health Ministry declares first bird flu case
The Health Ministry declared that the first case of bird flu A/H5N1 was detected in Minya.
A 34-year-old worker was admitted to hospital in critical condition and placed on a ventilator.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Ministry added that the infected construction worker was quarantined and preventive measures were taken after the patient’s results came back positive.
A team of preventive medicine specialists was sent to the patient’s house in Minya to examine his wife and two children, who do not show any signs of infection yet but will remain under medical supervision for a month, privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported.
The statement added that the patient was later sent to Abbaseya Hospital for respiratory disease and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
The Ministry concluded that the General Authority for Veterinary Service was notified of the incident for further inspection of potentially infected birds.
In 2009, more than 300 people were infected with the virus, 75 of whom died.
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