PRELIMINARY tests have confirmed that a 12-year-old Turkish girl who died was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, while a 13-year-old Indonesian girl also died of the disease.

Health authorities today said that preliminary Turkish tests confirmed that a 12-year-old girl who died was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, raising Turkey’s death toll to four.

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.

Two Turkish children who have been tested for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu were in a critical condition today, a health ministry official said.