Fears grow as five new human cases of bird flu reported in Turkey

TURKEY announced five more human cases of bird flu countrywide, bringing to 14 the number of people stricken by the lethal H5N1 virus and raising fresh alarms over its menacing westward advance.

There were also reports that laboratory tests showed an Indonesian man had died of the deadly flu.

In Turkey, some 100 people were awaiting test results, including 10 from Istanbul, the country’s business and tourism hub on the doorstep of Europe, where the presence of the disease among birds has already been confirmed, officials said.