Azerbaijan Bird Deaths Blamed on Avian Flu
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Avian flu has spread to a new country, with Azerbaijan saying Friday that the lethal H5N1 strain had been found in wild birds floating dead on the Caspian Sea.
The birds were found near the Apsheron Peninsula, which includes the capital Baku, and off the southern Massali region, near the border with Iran.
China and Indonesia also reported Friday two more human deaths from bird flu, which was discovered this week in Nigeria for the first time.
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