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Thai man dies of bird flu

BANGKOK: A man in his middle age died of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in north-eastern Thailand last month, Public Health Ministry sources quoted by local media said on Tuesday. The man from Nong Bua Lam Phu province died on August 10 in hospital and laboratory tests have just confirmed the H5N1 virus, a health official was quoted as saying by the Thai multimedia group the Nation. The new deadly case brings the death toll in the country from the H5N1 virus this year to three. Thailand is among the countries hit hardest by the virus, having recorded 25 human cases, including 17 deaths since 2004. — Xinhua

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