Old Hippie Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Girl, 14, Dies of Bird Flu in Thailand October 25, 2004 06:26 AM EDT BANGKOK, Thailand - A 14-year-old girl in northern Thailand has died of bird flu, a health ministry official said Monday, raising the number of human fatalities from the disease in Southeast Asia this year to 32. The unidentified girl died from the disease last Tuesday in northern Sukhothai province, said Dr. Thawat Suntrajarn, director-general of the Health Ministry's Department of Communicable Disease Control. Further details were not immediately available. The announcement brings the number of human deaths from avian influenza in Thailand this year to 12. Another 20 people have died from the disease in Vietnam. Authorities have been forced to slaughter tens of millions of birds throughout the region in an attempt to thwart the spread of the disease. The virus has most commonly been found in chickens, but scientists fear it could mutate by combining with a human flu virus, sparking a global pandemic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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