Independent laboratory tests confirmed that a 16 month old baby boy in Bangladesh, who is now recovered, had bird flu, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation (WHO) said earlier today, Friday.
As this is the first confirmed case of bird flu in Bangladesh, it brings to 15 the total number of countries with recorded human infections of the deadly H5N2 avian flu virus.
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Reuters:
“The case was confirmed by CDC [US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] in Atlanta. It is the first in Bangladesh.”
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Posted By: ashley | May 23rd