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CAIRO, Dec 29 (KUNA) -- Health precautions against bird flu were heightened
Saturday in Egypt after the 41st case was discovered with the disease already
leading to the death of 16 people.
According to "Al-Ahram" daily, Health Minister Dr. Hatim Al-Halabi had
discussed with officials here precautions to prevent the spread of the flu,
giving directions to form a media campaign to warn people about the deadly
disease.
The daily also said that inspection visits to poultry shops and houses are
going to be conducted.
Last Thursday, Egyptian authorities announced that a woman has died from
the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the Beni Suef Governorate, some 120 km south of
Cairo.
The 25-year-old woman from the village of Beni Haroun in Beni Suef, was
admitted to the Beni Suef hospital with high fever. (end)
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