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Bird flu claims 22nd victim in Egypt (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Egypt's Health Ministry announced the death on Friday of a woman from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the 22nd human death from the disease since it was discovered here in 2006. "Walaa Ahmad Abdel-Geleel, 30, died on Friday, the 22nd death from bird flu from among 49 cases in the country since the disease was first discovered" in Egypt.