Turkey bird flu showing signs of decline

The UN’s health agency has said that it expects the number of new bird flu infections among humans in Turkey to decline, as three young boys with the deadly virus were healthy enough to be released from the hospital.

The boys were among 21 people who preliminary tests indicated were infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus in Turkey. One of them, a four-year-old from the city of Sanliurfa, was said to have recovered completely. In Ankara, two brothers, ages five and two, were also healthy enough to be discharged from a hospital yesterday.