Dr. Abd-al-Salam Mahjub, minister of local development, declared that the Supreme Committee for Bird- flu Combating will hold an abrupt meeting within hours to discuss the bird- flu unpleasant situation, adding that new measures will be taken to restrain the disease. Meanwhile, 25 bird- flu suspected cases have been kept in hospital, 11 in Mansura Chest Hospital, 7 cases in Minya, 6 in Bihirah and 1 case in Asyut. In Qalyubiyah, the governor, chancellor 'Adli Hasan, decided to close down 12 poultry farms in Al-Qanatir Al-Khayriyah and Kafr Shukr because the owners of these farms are accused of selling infected poultry. Around 100 thousand birds have been burned.
