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| Swine flu kills 24 across Egypt |
| 2014-02-05 |
| At a Tuesday news conference, the ministryÂ’s head of preventive medicine, Amr Qandeel, said 195 people have been hospitalized with the virus since Dec. 1, 2013. He added that so far the cases had been spread out through several areas, particularly the Nile Delta and Cairo. He encouraged those suffering from flu symptoms to seek medical attention early. The ministry says that children and young adults are particularly vulnerable. Qandeel also says that two doctors had contracted the illness but that no medical personnel were among the dead. In 2009, the global swine flu pandemic prompted Egyptian authorities to slaughter around 300,000 pigs previously used to dispose of the cityÂ’s organic garbage. However, Jason McDonald, spokesman for the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says that the virus is now most often transmitted from human to human, and not through contact with pigs. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Well, the Nile hasn't turned into a river of blood. Yet. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-05 14:18 |
| #1 Now why does this sounds familiar? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-02-05 04:38 |