Bird flu in Morocco

The Kingdom of Morocco, country in North Africa with a vast coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and across the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. Its border with Algeria to the East is closed and the one to the South is disputed. The country is the only one not member of the African Union. Morocco enjoys vast ethnic diversity and rich culture and civilization.

Morocco denies human bird flu case

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

Testing on a poultry market worker from Morocco denied suspicions that the man had died from bird flu. The 42 year old died following pulmonary bleeding and there is no clue he had been infected with an avian flu virus. The man’s workplace prompted many to suspect the H5N1 virus for its death, however Moroccan authorities now say extensive testing by a six-member committee have found no biological element to point in that direction. The committee was formed of leading medical staff from the country’s most important hospital in Casablanca. It appears as if the man was a heavy smoker which led to a severe infection of his lungs.

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