Veterinarian Killed by Bird Flu, Pneumonia
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A Dutch veterinarian has died of pneumonia after catching the poultry disease bird flu, officials said. The 57-year-old man died Thursday in the southern city of Den Bosch, the health ministry said. He fell ill two days after working on a farm infected with bird flu.
A World Health Organization spokesman played down the fear that the disease could become a human epidemic, saying it did not appear to spread easily from person to person. The Dutch have been grappling for a month to contain the bird flu outbreak.
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