Death of Tbilisi children raises bird flu suspicions among parents
TBILISI. March 10 (Interfax) - Another pupil of Tbilisi's School No. 50 has died of pneumonia.
The death sowed panic in the school and raised suspicions among patents that the seven-year-old girl and another 12-year-old pupil, who died two days ago, were the victims of bird flu.
However, a source in the Georgian Health Ministry has categorically denied such suspicions, adding that tests did not detect the bird flu virus in the children's blood samples.
Classes have been suspended at School No. 50 and the building is being disinfected.
TBILISI. March 10 (Interfax) - Another pupil of Tbilisi's School No. 50 has died of pneumonia.
The death sowed panic in the school and raised suspicions among patents that the seven-year-old girl and another 12-year-old pupil, who died two days ago, were the victims of bird flu.
However, a source in the Georgian Health Ministry has categorically denied such suspicions, adding that tests did not detect the bird flu virus in the children's blood samples.
Classes have been suspended at School No. 50 and the building is being disinfected.
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