Turkey tense as deadly strain of bird flu spreads
Preliminary tests showed that at least 14 Turks, two of whom have died, tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, officials warned today as the number of patients with symptoms climbed to about 70.
The United Nations’ health agency so far has confirmed only four of those cases as the deadly H5N1 strain, but it warned that each new human case increased the virus’ chances for mutating into a form that could pass from human to human and spark a pandemic.
