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CAIRO. — Egypt confirmed yesterday 24 death cases of A/H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, since the beginning of December, the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.“The ministry has detected 273 cases since October 1 with 195 diagnosed since Dec. 1, and 24 of them have died,” Health Minister Maha al-Rabat said in the statement, denying the presence of any bird flu cases since last April.
A/H1N1 has become so common that it has been categorised under the seasonal influenza by the World Health Organisation, according to the statement.
Former Health Minister Mohamed Awad Tag-Eddin said at a Press conference yesterday that the virus is growing increasingly active in the northern Hemisphere including Egypt .— Xinhua.
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