Three die from bird flu in Azerbaijan

Tests have confirmed that three people recently died from bird flu, a top Azerbaijani health official said today.

Three die from bird flu in Azerbaijan

Tests have confirmed that three people recently died from bird flu, a top Azerbaijani health official said today.

Deputy Health Minister Abbas Velibeyov told the Associated Press that tests conducted by the World Health Organisation had confirmed the diagnosis of avian influenza in the deaths of a 16-year-old boy on March 10 and a 17-year-old girl on March 8, both of whom were from the same district on the ex-Soviet nation’s Caspian Sea coast.

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