CAIRO - Health authorities in the Delta Governorate of Gharbiya have announced on two new deaths from swine flu, known as A/H1N1, taking to 15 the number of fatalities recorded in two weeks . The two cases included a man and a woman identified as Wafaa Abdul Latif and Ahmed Maher el-Mughazi, who were in their early thirties, the authorities said, adding that the deaths were reported by Samanoud Chest Hospital on Friday night. The patients, who have been diagnosed with the flu, are in quarantine and undergoing tests, it added. The H1N1 swine flu virus has infected 1,172 people in Egypt and killed 56 since October 8, a Ministry of Health official said. The virus has infected 16,373 people, of whom 281 died, since it was first reported in Egypt in June 2009, said the official, who asked not to be named. H1N1 flu broke out in 2009 and quickly spread across the world. The World Health Organisation said about 18,450 people died from the virus, including many pregnant women and young people. Last year Cairo took various initiatives to try to limit the spread of H1N1, including culling all pigs in the country, temporarily closing schools and stopping travellers with fever at airports.
