Ministry of Health authorities on Wednesday reported yet another fatality caused by the H1N1 virus (otherwise known as swine flu), bringing the total number of H1N1 deaths in Egypt to 284. The victim was a taxi driver from Berket al-Sabae in Monufiya.
Authorities say they also discovered cases of avian flu in several governorates.
Ahmed Fouad, a local health official in Monufiya, said health teams discovered 89 new areas of avian flu outbreaks in the northern governorate.
Health authorities have slaughtered thousands of infected birds and vaccinated the rest to prevent a spread of the infection.
