WHO confirms two bird flu deaths in NW Pakistan
'Pakistan Times' Wire Service

PESHAWAR: World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed two bird flu victims in NWFP province last year.

Dr Mukhtar Zaman of Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar said a dairy farm worker in Abbotabad area of Kakol was affected with the bird flu last year. He was shifted to a hospital on November 5.

In the meantime, his brother was also affected and he was admitted to the hospital with bird flu symptoms on November 14.

The live stock official recovered, however, his brother passed away on November 19.

Later on, two other brothers of the same dairy farm worker were brought to the Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, of them, one recovered and the other died on November 28.

Dr Mukhtar Zaman said the samples from the two deceased brothers have been sent to WHO, which confirmed that both the brothers died of bird flu virus H5N1.●