Bird flu kills Thai youth amid new outbreaks

Bangkok, July 26: A 17-year-old Thai male has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the country's 15th death since the virus swept across parts of Asia in late 2003, a senior health official said tday.

The youth died on Monday in the northern province of Pichit where authorities have confirmed the country's first outbreak of the virus among poultry in eight months.

Reuters