The World Health Organization confirmed yesterday a baby in Djibouti has
infected with the H5N1 virus, the first human case of bird flu in the country.
The two-year-old girl was still alive, WHO spokesman Dick Thompson said, but
he did not give any details about her health condition.
The Djibouti government confirmed the case in capital Djibouti,saying three
chickens had also been infected with the virus. But whether it was related to
the human case was not clear for the time being.
"Djibouti thus becomes the first country in the Horn of Africa to have
detected a human case and bird cases of H5N1," the Djibouti government said on
the website of the official Djiboutian Information Agency.
The country's health ministry said the government would further increase
surveillance of the disease.
Djibouti is the 10th country that confirmed human case of H5N1.
