Bird Flu In Laos

Bird flu spread in Asia as Laos reported its first-ever human case of the virus, following an outbreak in poultry.

The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza infected a 15- year-old girl in Laos, the World Health Organization and the health ministry said in the e-mailed statement. The teenager, who is in the hospital, is from a suburb of the capital, Vientiane, where an outbreak of the H5N1 virus in fowl was confirmed on Feb. 7, the agencies said.

[Source: Bloomberg]