A 27-year-old man has died of bird flu, becoming the second person this year to be killed by the disease in Thailand, a Health Ministry official said today.

A THAI boy has become the 70th Asian to die of bird flu, authorities said yesterday as reports warned a flu pandemic could cost the US economy hundreds of billions of dollars as well as millions of lives.

A THAI woman has tested positive for bird flu, senior health officials said yesterday, making her the 20th person to have caught the deadly disease since it hit the country two years ago.

A 48-YEAR-OLD man has died of bird flu in Thailand after eating his neighbour’s sick chickens, and Taiwan yesterday confirmed the island nation’s first case of the disease in birds smuggled in from China.

A 48-year-old man has died after he ate his neighbour’s sick chickens, making him the 13th person confirmed to have died from bird flu in Thailand.