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CAIRO, Jan 8 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Health on Tuesday urged the Egyptian
people to exercise caution and follow the sound methods to combat bird flu
especially in the winter.
Ministry spokesman, Abdul-Rahman Shahin, said in statement that danger
persists as long people continue to keep poultry at home and do not respond to
the calls for vaccinating them. In addition, they follow the wrong methods for
handling their poultry.
According to the statement most of the 43 people who have been infected by
the disease so far are women, 19, and children, 20, since the discovery o the
first case in February, 2006.
Shahin urged those who keep poultry at home not to hide news about any
death cases and to provide doctors with accurate truthful information.
According to Shahin, early discovery of the disease and giving the infected
person the anti-bird flu drug, Tamiflu "in time", mostly help a patient
recover. He said that Egypt had 2.5 dose of the drug.(end)
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