Egypt News

1. Sewage, dogs in Egypt Beni Suef hospital
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... Beni Suef had selected the hospital, which was established in 1963, to receive cases of H1N1, also known as swine flu. The second floor was allocated for cases of men infected by the virus, and the t...

2. AH1N1 forces schools to shut down in Egypt
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...ng H1N1 infections.   Egyptian Health Ministry announced this week that 466 confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported among students throughout the country. The increasing numb...

3. Egypt reports sixth A/H1N1 flu death
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...hahin Egypt's Health Ministry Spokesman Egypt has registered the sixth A/H1N1 (Swine Flu) death case in the country, Egypt's Al-Ahram daily reported on Wednesday. A...

4. Egypt HM forecasts December AH1N1 outbreak
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... Egyptian Health Minister (HM) Hatem el-Gabali predicted that the H1N1 virus, commonly known as "swine flu," would spread in December and throughout the winter season, especially among sch...

5. Swine flu girl held on holiday
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...was ruined after they landed in Egypt where their daughter was immediately sent to hospital with suspected swine flu (AH1N1), according to BBC News Millie Powell, 11, from Strood, was stopped at...

6. Hospital heads charged with negligence in swine flu death
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Egypt's Health Minister Hatem el Gabali Assistant Egypt's Health Minister Muhammad Mustafa referred the directors of three hospitals to p

7. Egypt closes more school classes due to H1N1
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...the closure of two school classes for 15 days after the discovery of new infections of H1N1, also known as swine flu The first new case discovered was that of a student at el-Mohammadiya prepara...

8. MB criticizes Egypt regime at opposition conference
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...ment policies addressing endemics, el-Erian, who is also the treasurer of the Physicians Syndicate, said the swine flu virus exposes the flawed, deteriorated and confused performance of the government...

9. 5 school classes closed in Egypt due to H1N1
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...y el Gamal Five classes in Cairo and Helwan will be closed for 15 days due to new swine flu cases. Cairo Deputy Education Minister Abdel Fattah Gado confirmed these ...

10. Schoolchild becomes Egypt 5th swine flu death
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...ath of a nine-year-old Egyptian pupil at a language school in the Governorate of Helwan, south of Cairo, of swine flu, bringing to five the number of cases killed by the virus "The schoolchild...

11. British children held in Egypt due to H1N1
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...f by armed airport guards as they landed for half-term holidays in Egypt because they were thought to have swine flu Horrified parents watched as officials used draconian legislation to ho...

12. Egypt HM: Swine Flu vaccine to arrive Friday
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... Egyptian Health Minister Hatem al Gabali announced that the vaccine for the H1N1 virus known swine flu will arrive on 23 October to Egypt, according to Egypt's Independent Newspaper a...

13. Egypt Govt spend hundreds of millions on advertising
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...promotions of government products and services. LE65,125,587 was spent on an awareness campaign against swine flu in 2009, the highest spending on this type of campaign, according to the report. ...

14. H1N1 spread among Egypt Workers syndicate
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...nd Energy announced in Alexandria yesterday that it is developing internal plans for fighting the spread of swine flu among its members THe first move was a decision to cancel pilgrimage trips fo...

15. Egypt swine-flu vaccine in pipeline
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...d have the needed skills to develop the vaccine. "We have a plan to produce the first batch (of Egypt's swine flu vaccine) by April 2011," el-Gabali said. Egypt has already been hard hit by ...

16. Egypt Travel agents predict seasonal rate reductions
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... former board member of the Egyptian Chamber of Tourism.Tourism "But despite the financial crisis and the swine flu, Egypt still has a 90 percent occupancy rate until December," he noted, expecting...

17. Egypt develops H1N1 flu vaccine for 2011
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... Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el Gabali announced that Egypt is developing its own vaccine against H1N1 swine flu for production in 2011 and, in the meantime, will import vaccines to inoculate s...

18. 126 students in Egypt suspected with swine flu
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...arantined 120 students -- from different local schools -- suspected of having contracted the H1N1 virus, or swine flu. Another five students were also quarantined in a fever hospital in the provi...

19. MPs blasts Egypt govt for unclean irrigation practices
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...d the situation to "government intransigence." The sad state of affairs represents a "crisis worse than swine flu," declared MP Mahmoud Helmy, noting that some 100,000 people were diagnosed every...

20. Egypt HM: Swine flu continues to spread
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Egyptian Health Ministry (HM) reported that the third fatal swine flu case, with the death of a woman, 25, in Giza, as well as 11 new infections, including five pupils and two university students. T

21. Egypt Closes Cairo Schools due to Flu Outbreak
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...ols and two university departments in Cairo and began putting lessons on television in an effort to contain swine flu after several cases of the disease among students. A boys school and a girl...

22. Swine flu fears grip schools in Egypt
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A Swine flu frenzy has taken place as schools and universities across Cairo and the different governorates announced an increase in swine flu cases. In response, the greater Cairo area rais

23. Gamal: 78 students quarantined for swine flu
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...ly dealt with. Meanwhile, Tanta University Hospital quarantined a Malaysian student suffering suspected swine flu, while 61 others throughout Egypt -- 17 in the province of Dakahlia alone -- were...

24. Egypt school fights flu with gender segregation
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...pt's Port Said School in Zamalek decided to separate boys from the girls in a precautionary measure against swine flu. Boys will go to school on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, while the girls will at...

25. Egyptian Education in a time of Swine flu
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...oned until the weekend as the government believed the delay would limit the exposure to the H1N1 virus, or Swine flu The children, however, seem unaware of the challenges, running wild with their...

26. Egyptian lawyers protest grimy courtrooms
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... Demonstrators complain that courtrooms lack proper ventilation, thus increasing the risk of contracting swine flu or typhoid. Members of the group demanded that courtrooms countrywide be cleaned ...

27. Egypt schools fights H1N1 with e-learning
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The owners of private schools are developing their own measures to prevent the spread of swine flu when the academic year resumes on 3 October Possible courses of action include shortening the

28. Few swine flu cases among pilgrims
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Saudi Ministry of Health announced Monday that only a few swine flu cases and no deaths were reported among millions of Muslim pilgrims during the holy month of Ramadan despite fears of a massive

29. Countries impose restrictions on Mecca pilgrimage
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...IRAQ The Iraqi government prevented Iraqis from going to umra directly from Iraq during Ramadan because of swine flu. The same restriction will not be in place for haj -- only for sick people, pregn...

30. Saudi Pilgrim tourism slumps as swine flu fear
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...m's holiest city in western Saudi Arabia are counting the losses as many pilgrims, worried about a spread of swine flu, stay at home. The haj, one of the world's biggest religious gatherings, is ...