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CAIRO, Dec 25 (KUNA) -- Egypt's Health Ministry has reported a new bird flu
death case, bringing the total number of fatalities this year up to 11.
A 11-year-old girl died of bird flu in Luxor Governorate in Upper Egypt on
Saturday, Spokesman for the Ministry Abdelrahman Shahin said in news remarks.
Egypt has now reported a total of 115 bird flu cases, including 38
fatalities, since the disease broke out in the country in 2006, he added. (end)
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