# 554
Sad news to report. The 15 year old girl who contracted bird flu late last month has reportedly died in a Thai hospital. This is the second reported case in Laos in the past couple of weeks, both have ended badly.
Bird flu kills 15-year-old girl in Laos
Thu 8 Mar 2007 6:08:28 GMT
BANGKOK, March 8 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Lao girl has died from bird flu, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, the country's first confirmed death from the H5N1 virus.
She died on Wednesday in a hospital in neighbouring Thailand, it said in a statement. A 42-year-old Lao woman died of suspected bird flu last week, but tests have not yet confirmed the H5N1 virus.
