Egyptian girl dies of bird flu, 14th death

CAIRO, April 11 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Egyptian girl has died in hospital of the H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in Egypt to 14, a health ministry official said on Wednesday.

Marianna Kameel Mikhail, who was admitted to hospital in Cairo on Thursday, died of respiratory failure on Tuesday evening despite treatment with the antiviral Tamiflu and being placed on a respirator, a ministry statement said.

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