Bird flu kills Thai boy
A 5-year-old boy in Nakhon Nayok province outside Bangkok has died of bird flu, the 14th Thai victim of avian influenza.
News of the death of the youngster came as a shock. Thailand hasbeen largely free of bird flu in the past two months, since a small outbreak killed a man last October.
The boy died in hospital last Wednesday, according to Deputy Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakula. He was not known to have had direct contact with chickens, but investigations are continuing.
The death brings the Asian death toll from H5N1 avian flu to 70.
A 5-year-old boy in Nakhon Nayok province outside Bangkok has died of bird flu, the 14th Thai victim of avian influenza.
News of the death of the youngster came as a shock. Thailand hasbeen largely free of bird flu in the past two months, since a small outbreak killed a man last October.
The boy died in hospital last Wednesday, according to Deputy Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakula. He was not known to have had direct contact with chickens, but investigations are continuing.
The death brings the Asian death toll from H5N1 avian flu to 70.
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