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Viewing cable 09CAIRO226, EGYPT'S 55th BIRD FLU VICTIM, ANOTHER CHILD Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. (SBU) On February 8, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) announced the country's 55th human avian influenza (AI) victim: a 1 and 1/2 year old boy from the Minya Governorate's Maghagha district. The boy, the fifth AI victim in Minya since the H5N1 virus surfaced in Egypt three years ago, got sick February 6, was hospitalized February 7, received Tamiflu the same day, and is in good condition. He is the 24th human AI victim in Egypt under age tenQ all have survived. Egypt, with four confirmed human AI cases so far this year, trails only China, with seven. Scobey
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| Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09CAIRO226 | 2009-02-09 10:10 | 2011-02-16 21:09 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy Cairo |
VZCZCXRO6118
PP RUEHAST RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB RUEHPOD RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHEG #0226 0401005
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 091005Z FEB 09
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1580
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA PRIORITY
UNCLAS CAIRO 000226
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG (AMBASSADOR LANGE AND DAVID WINN), NEA/ELA FOR SCHALL,
DEPT PASS TO AID (DENNIS CARROLL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
SUBJECT:EGYPT'S 55th BIRD FLU VICTIM, ANOTHER CHILD Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. (SBU) On February 8, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) announced the country's 55th human avian influenza (AI) victim: a 1 and 1/2 year old boy from the Minya Governorate's Maghagha district. The boy, the fifth AI victim in Minya since the H5N1 virus surfaced in Egypt three years ago, got sick February 6, was hospitalized February 7, received Tamiflu the same day, and is in good condition. He is the 24th human AI victim in Egypt under age tenQ all have survived. Egypt, with four confirmed human AI cases so far this year, trails only China, with seven. Scobey