Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09CAIRO210
2009-02-05 13:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ
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UNCLAS CAIRO 000210
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG (AMBASSADOR LANGE AND DAVID WINN),NEA/ELA FOR SCHALL,
DEPT PASS TO AID (DENNIS CARROLL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ
REF 09 CAIRO 0173
Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
UNCLAS CAIRO 000210
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG (AMBASSADOR LANGE AND DAVID WINN),NEA/ELA FOR SCHALL,
DEPT PASS TO AID (DENNIS CARROLL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ
REF 09 CAIRO 0173
Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (SBU) On February 4, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and
Population (MOHP) announced the country's 54th human avian influenza
(AI) victim: a two-year-old boy from the Ganian district in the Suez
Governorate.
2. (SBU) The boy, the first AI victim in Suez, got sick February 2,
was hospitalized February 3, received Tamiflu the same day, and is
in good condition. MOHP's Central Laboratories and NAMRU-3 have
confirmed the boy was struck by the H5N1 virus.
3. (SBU) While Egypt's young children have been hit hard by AI-the
boy from Suez is the 23rd victim here under age ten- every one of
them has survived (reftel.)
Scobey
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG (AMBASSADOR LANGE AND DAVID WINN),NEA/ELA FOR SCHALL,
DEPT PASS TO AID (DENNIS CARROLL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ
REF 09 CAIRO 0173
Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (SBU) On February 4, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and
Population (MOHP) announced the country's 54th human avian influenza
(AI) victim: a two-year-old boy from the Ganian district in the Suez
Governorate.
2. (SBU) The boy, the first AI victim in Suez, got sick February 2,
was hospitalized February 3, received Tamiflu the same day, and is
in good condition. MOHP's Central Laboratories and NAMRU-3 have
confirmed the boy was struck by the H5N1 virus.
3. (SBU) While Egypt's young children have been hit hard by AI-the
boy from Suez is the 23rd victim here under age ten- every one of
them has survived (reftel.)
Scobey