Second human bird flu in Egypt

EGYPT reported its second human case of avian flu yesterday while Israel continued its precautionary culling of hundreds of thousands of birds.

Neighbouring Jordan, which is so far free of the deadly H5N1 strain, responded to the developments by stepping up measures against the virus.

A 30-year-old Egyptian man, who worked on a chicken farm in the province of Qalyoubiya, was the second human infected by the virus in Egypt, the Health Ministry said.