5 year old dies in Egypt
February 19th, 2007
Egypt’s human bird flu victims number has reached 13, with a 5 year old boy living in the region of the Nile Delta succumbing to the disease. He was the 22nd Egyptian person to fall victim to the disease. Another case has now surfaced in the Sharqiya governate, some 40 miles north of the country’s capital, Cairo. Egypt is now fighting a massive outbreak of the disease, as the virus has now been confirmed in 20 of its 26 governorates.