Egyptian child dies of H5N1 bird flu, second death this year: MENA
CAIRO (Reuters) – A three-year-old Egyptian child died from bird flu on Monday, the second death from the virus in the country this year and the twelfth in recent months, the health ministry said. The child was from in the Giza governorate, outside Cairo, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency MENA. Egypt's H5N1 cases have largely been in poor rural areas in the south, where villagers tend to keep and slaughter poultry in the home. Three other cases are currently being treated, the ministry said. …
