Egypt reinforces measures to combat bird flu (People’s Daily) The Egyptian government has been exerting more efforts to prevent further spread of the bird flu virus since the fatal disease caused four human deaths in less than a week in late December, 2007. Egypt has culled 1,599 domestic poul ... [News Source]

China’s latest bird flu patient discharged from hospital. After being treated for about 20 days, the patient, surnamed Lu, 52, had recovered sufficiently to leave under the care of family members, the Jiangsu Provincial Health Department said. [News Source]

Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt. Egypt's health ministry has announced that a 25-year-old woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second case in a week, media reported. [News Source]

Egypt records 19th bird flu death. A second woman from Egypt's Nile Delta region died of bird flu on Monday, the health ministry said, bringing the week's toll from the virus to four. [News Source]

Bird flu claims lives of two more Egypt women (Gulf Times) CAIRO: Two Egyptian women died of bird flu yesterday, bringing to four the number of fatalities from the virus in the most populous Arab country in less than a week. [News Source]