Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Return of H5N1 Hotspots in Egypt

We should have seen this coming !! It was announced that two new hot spots were discovered in Baheria and Sharqia at Nile Delta in the North.
The Newest hot spot in Suez was a shock and a surprise,it is spreading among poultry and living birds in general there.
Again I remember that the scientists warned from this last year. The newspapers are speaking about the issue again ,it is good to see it back in the media.
I forget to tell you last year the health ministry launched an awareness campaign targeting the country side and house wives. The campaign was all over the media from press,radio and TV. The ministry used celebs or rather popular faces in the media that can reach to the classes they want to send their message to. Those faces were Comedian Intasar and folk singer "if I may call him that" Shabaan Abdel Rahim "They still air the ads despite his drugs scandal"
Let's hope that this year there will be less human infections and no fatal conditions like last year.
 Update #1
  • Egypt has announced the infection no.55 in the country , the victim is 18 months Abu El-Wafaa Soliman Abu El-Wafaa from Mania in Upper Egypt. The symptoms began to appear on Friday and he was transferred Saturday to the hospital, I think this is good. He was given Tamflu and he will be transferred to Manshiat El-Bakery hospital in Cairo soon to complete his treatment. He was infected by the virus after being exposed to dead birds carrying the virus and do not ask me how . I see that virus more and more targets the toddlers as they are the weakest.
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