Bird flu kills girl in Iraq
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:47 pm
Damn! Things just keep on getting worse in Iraq!
Bush will probably try to blame Saddam's chemical and biological weapons!
Last Updated: Monday, 30 January 2006, 12:03 GMT
Bird flu death confirmed in Iraq
An Iraqi Kurdish teenage girl has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Iraqi health minister says.
Abdel Mutalib Mohammed Ali said the diagnosis had been confirmed, despite initial reports from a WHO laboratory saying test results were negative.
Health officials are investigating the death of the girl's uncle who had also been suffering from flu-like symptoms.
Four people have been killed in neighbouring Turkey by the H5N1 strain of the virus.
The minister has gone to the northern city of Sulaimaniya to meet health officials to discuss efforts to stop the spread of the virus.
"We are calling on Iraqis not to panic or listen to rumours, but at the same to inform us if they suspect anything," Mr Ali told Iraqi television on Monday.
But he warned Iraqis "not to approach domestic birds and poultry as this is the main way of spreading the disease".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4661916.stm
Bush will probably try to blame Saddam's chemical and biological weapons!
Last Updated: Monday, 30 January 2006, 12:03 GMT
Bird flu death confirmed in Iraq
An Iraqi Kurdish teenage girl has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Iraqi health minister says.
Abdel Mutalib Mohammed Ali said the diagnosis had been confirmed, despite initial reports from a WHO laboratory saying test results were negative.
Health officials are investigating the death of the girl's uncle who had also been suffering from flu-like symptoms.
Four people have been killed in neighbouring Turkey by the H5N1 strain of the virus.
The minister has gone to the northern city of Sulaimaniya to meet health officials to discuss efforts to stop the spread of the virus.
"We are calling on Iraqis not to panic or listen to rumours, but at the same to inform us if they suspect anything," Mr Ali told Iraqi television on Monday.
But he warned Iraqis "not to approach domestic birds and poultry as this is the main way of spreading the disease".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4661916.stm