Egyptian authorities announced Saturday the discovery of the first human death caused by the lethal strain H5N1, while yesterday a second infection was discovered. A day after Egypt announced the death of a 30-year-old woman, a 28-year-old man was admitted in hospital after showing symptoms of the disease. The woman, Amal Mohammed Ismail from Nawa, in the north of Cairo, had kept a domestic bird farm despite a ban on the practice since the arrival of bird flu in the country last month. She died two weeks after she was admitted with flu-like symptoms. This death raised serious concerns in the Middle East area, where two similar deaths have been reported in Iraq. The second case of bird flu infection, the Egyptian man, was treated with Tamiflu, shows clear signs of recovery and is scheduled to be released in the next couple of days. Continuing with its import of Tamiflu, the best solution against bird flu so far, Egypt will have 500,000 available doses until the end of the year. The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain was first found in birds in Egypt last month. So far, 18 of Egypt's 26 governorates have reported cases in birds. While the crisis in Egypt continues, Israeli officials carry on with the slaughter of thousands of birds, after tests confirmed the first outbreak in the country. "We have isolated the H5 virus but we are still working to find out what N it is," said Shimon Pokomonsky, a senior veterinarian at the Agriculture ministry, one of the key officials investigating the emergence of the virus in Israel.