Via Mike Coston's Avian Flu Diary: Media: Indonesian Boy Positive For H5N1. As always, Mike has both the news story and some sensible comment to put the news in context.

April 06, 2011 at 09:07 PM in H5N1

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 49. Excerpt:

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced four new confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. The first case is a one year old male from Behaira Governorate. He developed symptoms on 14 February, was hospitalized on 16 February. He recovered and was discharged on 22 February. The second case is a three years old female from Behaira Governorate. She developed symptoms on 10 March, was hospitalized on 12 March. She recovered and was discharged on 18 March. The previous two cases are from the same district but different villages and they are not relatives. The third case a 34 year old female from Alexandria Governorate. She developed symptoms on 9 March and was hospitalized on 15th March. She is still under treatment in a stable condition. The fourth case is a 30 years old female from Kafr El-Shaikh Governorate. She developed symptoms on 7 March and was hospitalized on 15 March. She recovered and was discharged on 27 March.

I'm glad to see none of these cases has been fatal. 

April 06, 2011 at 07:48 AM in H5N1