The World Health Organization reported on Thursday that Egypt has discovered the 50th human case of the deadly bird flu virus. According to the WHO, a two-year-old boy was hospitalized earlier in the week with symptoms similar to the H5N1 virus.

Two laboratories confirmed it was avian flu. The official news agency MENA said the boy was in stable condition, but did not elaborate

Egypt reported the 22nd human fatality from the deadly bird flu virus that has returned to Egypt after a six-month absence ended last December. The disease has spread from East Asia and Egypt has been especially hard hit due to hits location.

Migrating birds cross Egypt because of the North African's proximity to the converging points of Europe, Asia and Africa

The Egyptian government reported the country's 21st death from the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu on Saturday. The man died in the northern Delta region, the North African nation's health ministry said.

Mohamed Idris, from Baheira, had been at a hospital in Egypt's second largest city Alexandria with reported respiratory problems and a high fever. He did not respond to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, Deputy Minister Nasr Al Sayed told the official government news agency MENA

Health workers have begun culling of poultry in an attempt to combat a fresh bird flu outbreak in the country's eastern state West Bengal, officials said on Monday. State workers planned to destroy nearly 50,000 domestic birds in two districts where officials found infected poultry.

Culling began in a radius of five kilometers (3.1 miles) around the new area of infection. While 22,400 birds are to be culled in Raghunathganj-II, the culling target in respect of Jiaganj is 27,200 birds

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on its Web site that an 11-year-old Egyptian boy has become the North African nation's 46th infection of bird flu. According to the organization, the boy tested positive on February 26 with the H5N1 strain of the deadly virus that has killed 20 people in the country since it was first discovered in March 2006.

The announcement of the boy from Menoufia governorate, a few hours from Cairo, comes only a day after the ministry of health reported that a 25-year-old woman died as a result of the deadly virus