Nurse suspected of contracting bird flu

Vietnamese health officials said today they suspect a nurse who cared for a bird flu patient has contracted the disease that has killed 46 people across Southeast Asia.

Dao Trong Bich, deputy director of the medical centre in Thai Thuy District in northern Thai Binh province, said the woman had cared for a 21-year-old man who tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus and remains in critical condition.