December 09, 2005

5-Year-Old Boy Dies of Bird Flu in Thailand

A boy who was hospitalized on December 5 has died of bird flu according to the Thailand Health Ministry. The boy is the 14th person in Thailand to die of the disease. He was from the province of Nakhon Nayok.

It was not yet certain how the boy caught the virus, which usually strikes those in close contact with infected fowl or their droppings, senior health officials said. The boy, who died in hospital on Wednesday, was not known to have had direct contact with chickens, health officials said. (Reuters)

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