Tests for bird flu will be carried out on a dead Iraqi man, whose niece also died 10 days ago and first raised fears that the deadly virus had reached the country, the World Health Organisation said on Saturday.
Although tests made in Iraq on samples from the girl, who died on Jan. 17 near Sulaimaniyah, not far from the country's border with Turkey, were negative, both had suffered breathing difficulties, WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng told Reuters.
"Given that both these people had severe respiratory problems and that it is near the border with Turkey, we need to check," she told Reuters.
From Reuters.