10 April 2007
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced two new human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The first case, a 2-year-old female from Menia Governorate, developed symptoms on 3 April and was admitted to hospital the following day. She is currently in a stable condition. The second case is a 15-year-old female (Marianna Kameel Mikhail) from Cairo Governorate. She developed symptoms on 30 March and was admitted to hospital on 5 April, and died on April 10 at 7:30 pm at Abbasya Chest Hospital due to respiratory failure resulted from bi-lateral pneumonia.