Cairo — The threat posed by the potentially deadly H5N1 avian virus continues to exist in Egypt, according to the health ministry, despite the fact that the last human case has now fully recovered.
"We no longer have any human infections, which shows that the spread of the disease has come under control," said health ministry media official Sayyid al-Abbasi. "However, the threat posed by bird flu has by no means passed."
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