7th Egyptian human victim
October 31st, 2006
A woman living in Egypt became the country’s 7th bird flu victim on Monday, as she passed away after being infected with the avian influenza virus. The announcement was made by a health ministry spokesperson, who also gave the information that the infection occurred during slaughtering of domestic birds by the woman. She was presented to the hospital with high fever on October 4th but the disease could not be fought off. Egypt recorded its first case of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus in February and is now the hardest hit country outside Asia.