Health experts probe speed of human bird flu spread

World Health Organisation officials say they are trying to determine why the bird flu outbreak in Turkey has spread so quickly among humans, especially children.

Health experts probe speed of human bird flu spread

World Health Organisation officials say they are trying to determine why the bird flu outbreak in Turkey has spread so quickly among humans, especially children.

WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng said the United Nations health agency believed 15 people had become infected with the disease in Turkey during the past week, almost all of them teenagers or younger.

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