Flu pandemic alert unchanged

Members of an Indonesian family who died of bird flu probably passed the disease among themselves, but world health officials said there was no evidence the virus had mutated and decided against raising the pandemic alert level.

Flu pandemic alert unchanged

Members of an Indonesian family who died of bird flu probably passed the disease among themselves, but world health officials said there was no evidence the virus had mutated and decided against raising the pandemic alert level.

At least six people died and one was infected – the largest family cluster of bird flu cases likely transmitted from person to person since the virus started ravaging poultry stocks across Asia in 2003, said World Health Organisation spokesman Gregory Hartl.

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