WHO Letter SI OutBreak in Egypt

1.
Dr.
Margaret
Chan
Director
General
World
Health
Organization
Avenue
Appia
20
1211
Geneva
27
Switzerland
Telephone:
+
41
22
791
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41
22
791
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Lucerne
in
14th
of
February
2014
Dear
Dr.
Chan
We
are
writing
to
you
on
behalf
of
the
Egyptian
Worldwide
Movement
for
Democracy
and
Justice
in
Europe,
representing
Egyptians
residing
in
all
parts
of
Europe.
It
is
our
objective
to
alarm
your
office
about
the
current
critical
status
of
the
Swine
influenza
outbreak
in
Egypt.
According
to
our
ground
zero
reports,
the
geographical
and
the
demographic
virus
transmission
and
outbreak
trend
is
absolutely
alarming,
particularly
under
the
role
of
the
current
military-­‐coup
government
which
lacks
transparency
and
efficiency
in
dealing
with
such
world
most
risky-­‐level
of
outbreaks.
Furthermore,
several
independent
medical
sources
in
Egypt
confirmed
that
the
virus
is
not
responding
to
regular
treatment
protocols,
and
vaccination
is
not
helping
against
the
horizontal
outbreak
that
covers
the
country
from
Luxor
to
Alexandria.
Adding
to
these
facts
that
the
military
coup-­‐regime
is
employing
its
security
forces,
media
and
ministry
of
health
to
cover-­‐up
any
real
data
or
information
from
the
public.
Another
critical
fact
to
consider
is
the
number
of
political
prisoners
in
Egypt,
which
exceeded
21’000
according
to
several
independent
international
institutions
reports.
Prisoners
include
young
children;
women,
students
and
men
from
all
political
spectra
are
held
in
extremely
inhuman
circumstances
in
tight
cells
that
meet
no
sanitary
or
minimum
hygiene
conditions.

2.
This
tragic
situation
is
accentuated
by
the
military-­‐coup
government
voice
of
extermination
of
opponents
spread
via
military
controlled
media
and
institutions
raises
the
concern
of
the
possibility
of
using
the
current
outbreak
in
Egypt
to
brutally
end
the
life
of
thousands
of
innocent
Egyptians
in
prisons.
It
is
our
deep
concern
that
Egypt
is
facing
a
disastrous
situation
that
may
lead
to
a
new
mass
murder
committed
by
the
current
military
regime
against
political
prisoners.
Hence,
we
are
asking
for
your
immediate
action
and
response
to
prevent
the
use
of
the
current
outbreak
in
Egypt
in
committing
mass
crimes
against
the
Egyptian
population.
Respectfully,
Executive
Committee
Egyptians
Worldwide
Movement
for
Democracy
and
Justice;
Europe
Chapter
Mrs.
Maissa
Abdellatif
/
France+33
682
045
092
Dr
Hossam
ElShazly
/
Switzerland
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764
740
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