CAIRO: The Egyptian health ministry reported on Tuesday the 11th death as a result of the H1N1 influenza virus, or Swine flu. According to ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahine, a 24-year-old pregnant woman passed away after she was taken to a local hospital after suffering from fever and pneumonia. The death comes as Egypt announced [...]

CAIRO: Egypt’s Pharmacists Syndicate on October 4, revealed that the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, used to treat the H1N1 virus, or Swine flu, and the avian influenza, is being smuggled to local pharmacies without going through the proper distribution channels. Magdy Hassan, the syndicate’s spokesman, said that pharmacists were obtaining the drug through “illegal and illegitimate [...]