Egypt’s Health Ministry today announced the detection of 72 additional swine flu cases. 52 cases alone were detected in schools and universities in the governorates of Cairo, Helwan, Giza, Kafr El Sheikh, South Sinai, Aswan, and Alexandria, bringing the total to 227 cases , including 7 at nursery schools, 121 at primary school, 67 cases in middle schools and 32 in secondary schools.
In its statement, which Ikhwanweb received a copy of; the ministry has reported new swine flu cases in the Cairo Governorate including cases in the following schools:
Al-Salam School
Hassan ibn Thabet School
St. Fatima School Advanced School
Al-Zaher School
Al-Raei Al-Saleh School
Canadian Colombian School Lighthouse Modern School,
Saadia School,
Armenian Catholic Sisters School,
Ahmed Khalil Al-Azhar,
Sisters of the Armenian Nozha Language School
Muqattam private school,
Ibn Rushed School,
St. Georges School,
Nefertari School,
Future School
Al-Andalus school.
In the governorate of Helwan two school students were infected with H1N1 the schools include:
National Maadi Gardens
Cairo English School
British school
Egypt 2000 School
In the governorate of Giza new swine flu cases were detected at:
Dar al-Muslim
Hamza Bin Abdul Muttali
Al-Safa private school
Al-Qadisiyah
Agouza School
In the governorate of in Kafr El-Sheikh 3 school students get also H1N1 flu, including student at Ahmed Ghalwash Institute, femal student at language school and student at junior male high school.
In the governorate of Aswan 3 school students get also swine flu at Languages School. In the governorate of South Sinai School student get swine flu at St. Joseph School. In the governorate of Alexandria two swine flu cases were confirmed at Hanovil and Fallujah schools.
Meanwhile, 6 fresh cases of the disease were reported at Egypt’s Universities, including:
The Faculty of Commerce
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Education Ain Shams University
Maadi Modern Academy
Institute of Social Service at Cairo
Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology (AIET) at Qalyubia governorate, bringing the total number to 38 at Egypt’s universities so far.
The number of reported H1N1 outside schools and universities in Egypt include 14 swine flu cases which have been confirmed. Most cases are Egyptians citizens with the exception of 1 case from Germany and 1 from Italy.