Turkey bird flu: Three dead, two sick, 24 possibly affected

A British laboratory has found that two Turkish teenagers who died earlier this week had bird flu, authorities said, and a health official in Geneva said scientists were closing in on identifying the virus as the deadly H5N1 strain.

Turkey bird flu: Three dead, two sick, 24 possibly affected

A British laboratory has found that two Turkish teenagers who died earlier this week had bird flu, authorities said, and a health official in Geneva said scientists were closing in on identifying the virus as the deadly H5N1 strain.

ā€œIf it’s confirmed, these would be the first human cases outside China and Southeast Asia,ā€ World Health Organisation spokeswoman Christine McNab said yesterday.

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