A new human bird flu case was detected in egypt on Friday, Health Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin affirmed yesterday evening.

A 10-year girl from Naqada township in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena was admitted to hospital after developing bird flu-like symptoms, Shahin said.

The bad condition of the girl was behind the failure of moving her to Cairo, he added.

The victim, who is believed to have contacted infected birds, brought to 35 the number of human bird flu cases in Egypt, according to the spokesman. Fourteen of them died and 20 recovered, he said.