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H5N1 News: Bird flu flares in Asia, kills another person

A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Bird flu has taken another human life, officials said on Thursday -- a 48-year-old Thai man who was the 67th person known to have been killed by a virus steadily creeping into Europe and towards Africa.

All the human deaths from avian flu have so far been in Asia but the deadly H5N1 strain was detected this month in birds in Russia, Turkey and Romania, sparking growing concern in Europe over a disease that could kill millions if it mutates.

Also, The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued it's 35th Update on Avian Infuenza today.

posted by Fergie @ 10/20/2005 12:12:00 PM