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Virus behind Assiut epidemic remains ambiguous: health minister
Egypt

Virus behind Assiut epidemic remains ambiguous: health minister

The virus behind a recent small-scale epidemic in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut remains unknown, Health Minister Ahmed Emad-Eddin…
South Korea MERS virus cases reach 50 people
World

South Korea MERS virus cases reach 50 people

South Korea on Saturday confirmed nine more cases of the MERS virus, which has killed four people, but said it…
Safaga seaport authorities kill animals over Ebola fears
Egypt

Safaga seaport authorities kill animals over Ebola fears

Quarantine authorities at the Red Sea Safaga seaport killed animals found in the possession of an Egyptian passenger arriving from…
Health Ministry: swine flu deaths up to 63
Egypt

Health Ministry: swine flu deaths up to 63

Deaths from swine flu since December 2013 have moved up to 63, up from last week's 55 count, the Health Ministry…
Health Ministry raises alert in Damietta as more mumps cases emerge
Egypt

Health Ministry raises alert in Damietta as more mumps cases emerge

Health Ministry officials in Damietta warned residents on Wednesday as four new suspected mumps cases were reported at a primary…
Health Ministry official tries to calm fears of typhoid spread
Egypt

Health Ministry official tries to calm fears of typhoid spread

  A Health Ministry official said an outbreak of typhoid in Gharbiya Governorate is no cause for fear since the…
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