| The number of pig culled since the start of the national preventive campaign against virus on May 1 till Friday has hit 36,000 |
Egyptian Health Ministry announced on Saturday that the number of persons who have been admitted to hospital for suspected infection with Influenza A subtype virus (H1N1) hit 68 but the test results came negative.
"No laboratory-confirmed infection has been reported in Egypt so far," the ministry's spokesman Dr. Abdulrahman Shahin told reporters here. "The last four suspected cases in the country included a 50-year old Egyptian woman, a Colombian, 35, and two Chinese nationals," he revealed.
The number of pig culled since the start of the national preventive campaign against virus on May 1 till Friday has hit 36,000, the medical official added. The medical surveillance measures being implemented by the ministry covered 1,335 passenger flights, 67 ships and four cars carrying a total of 172,731 passengers arriving in Egypt from countries hit by the epidemic, he said, adding that no swine flu victim has been spotted among the passengers. |