CAIRO, Feb 5 (Aswat Masriya) The secratary-general of Egypt’s Doctors Syndicate, Mona Mina, said on Wednesday that a nationwide strike includes 55 percent of Egyptian doctors.

The syndicate had announced a partial strike twice a week during the month of February in protest against conditions and another wave of strikes to start in March. 

The strike comes at a time where news that 24 people have died from the swine flu this winter have surfaced.