Bird flu identified in 5 more people in Turkey
January 9, 2006
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish health official said on
Monday the deadly bird flu virus had been identified in five
more people across Turkey, state-run Anatolian news agency
reported.
Health Ministry official Turan Buzgan told the agency
laboratory test results showed there were new cases in the
Black Sea provinces of Kastamonu, Corum and Samsun and the
eastern province of Van.
The first case of the virus jumping from birds to humans
outside China and southeast Asia occurred last week in rural
eastern Turkey, where three children from the same family died
after contracting the H5N1 strain.
Source: reuters