TURKISH health officials yesterday announced that a five-year-old boy had tested positive for the deadly bird flu strain, increasing the number of infected people in Turkey to 19.

Turkish health officials today announced that a five-year-old boy had tested positive for the deadly bird flu strain, increasing the number of infected people in Turkey to 19.

A 12-year-old girl who died of suspected bird flu today tested negative for the disease, health officials announced.

A 12-year-old Turkish girl died today as tests were carried out to see if she was the latest victim of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, doctors said.