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Woman's Death Lifts Egypt Bird Flu Toll To 22

Woman's Death Lifts Egypt Bird Flu Toll To 22 EGYPT: April 14, 2008 CAIRO - An Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Friday, the 22nd fatality and the 49th case of the disease among humans in Egypt, the state news agency MENA said. Wala Ahmed Abdel Galil, 30, from the northeast Cairo suburb of Mataria, fell ill after coming into contact with sick domestic birds, the agency said, quoting the Ministry of Health.