Monday, March 20, 2006

Second Human Bird Flu Case Found in Egypt

By OMAR SINAN
Associated Press Writer
Mar 20 12:57 AM US/Eastern

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt reported its second human case of avian flu Sunday, and Israel continued its slaughter of hundreds of thousands of birds while waiting to learn if the disease had spread to poultry there.

A 30-year-old Egyptian who worked on a chicken farm in the province of Qalyoubiya was the second person infected by the virus in Egypt, the Health Ministry said Sunday.


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