Birds killed by H5N1 bird flu in Egypt – WHO

CAIRO (Reuters) – Cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus
have been found in dead birds in three areas of Egypt, a senior
official from the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters.

“There is avian flu now in Egypt,” Hassan el Bushra,
regional adviser for emerging diseases the eastern
Mediterranean regional office of WHO said. He did not name the
three areas but said birds had died from the deadly H5N1 virus.