One Turkish family has lost three children (ages 15, 14, 11) all to the deadly bird flu which has been sweeping through Asia. It now appears to have spread to Eastern Turkey. The greatest concern is to whether this virus has mutated to the point where it could now transmit from human to human instead of just from animal to human. At this point it is undetermined. World Health Organization workers have been despatched to the area.
UPDATE: Turkish Press is reporting that five more people have been diagnosed with the bird flu in the city of Ankara (where I lived for five months).
Picture: An imam in Turkey prays at the grave of Fatma Kocyigit, 15. She and her brother are the first victims of bird flu outside South-East Asia.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
H5N1 Bird Flu hits Turkey
One Turkish family has lost three children (ages 15, 14, 11) all to the deadly bird flu which has been sweeping through Asia. It now appears to have spread to Eastern Turkey. The greatest concern is to whether this virus has mutated to the point where it could now transmit from human to human instead of just from animal to human. At this point it is undetermined. World Health Organization workers have been despatched to the area.
UPDATE: Turkish Press is reporting that five more people have been diagnosed with the bird flu in the city of Ankara (where I lived for five months).
Picture: An imam in Turkey prays at the grave of Fatma Kocyigit, 15. She and her brother are the first victims of bird flu outside South-East Asia.
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