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Twelve more people are
suspected of being infected with the H5N1 bird flu
strain in Kurdistan (Northern Iraq), say authorities
there. The affected area is Kurdistan, near the
Turkish border.
Authorities are starting to cull poultry and birds
in the area. They say they have so far killed over
half a million birds - about half of all farm birds
in areas north of Sulaimaniyah city by Lake Dukan,
and in Raniya.
Kurdish Deputy Prime Minister, Imad Ahmed said the
total number of humans suspected of being infected
with bird flu (H5N1) now stands at twelve.
A girl of 15 and her uncle died a few days ago in
Kurdistan-Iraq - it was confirmed they both died as
a result of infection of the H5N1 bird flu virus
strain. A 54 year old woman is critically ill in
hospital with probably bird flu.
Iraq is now the seventh country to report human
cases of bird flu since 2003 - the first country was
Viet Nam.
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