Bird flu claims two more lives and spreads to Azerbaijan

HEALTH authorities in China and Indonesia each reported a woman killed by a deadly strain of bird flu, and the virus has spread to another new country, Azerbaijan.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it hoped a major anti-polio campaign being launched in Nigeria could help battle bird flu there.

The WHO said anti-polio workers going door-to-door to immunise children in Nigeria could watch for unexplained deaths from pneumonia, a possible sign that someone has bird flu.