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Egypt announces 14th bird flu death in 2015

A young man died Wednesday of bird flu in Fayoum, raising the total number of deaths in Egypt this year to 14. 
 
Hossam R M, 37, from Etsa was held at Fayoum's Chest Hospital, before his condition deteriorated to be transferred to the Fever Hospital and then Fayoum General Hospital, said director of Fayoum General Hospital Azzouz Mansour.
 
His condition worsened dramatically and he entered the intensive care unit at the hospital where he passed away, Mansour added.
 
Two others died earlier in February in Fayoum of bird flu.
 
The death rate from bird flu is 37.4 percent in Egypt, compared to 55 percent on the international level, particularly in China.
 
According to the State Information Service, around two million people involved in the poultry industry and eight million of their relatives have been affected since the emergence of bird flu in Egypt.
 
In 2014, the World Health Organization published a report on influenza A (H5) activity from 18 February to 23 September of that year. The report mentioned that influenza cases in Egypt included poultry and humans.
 

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