German Women Tested over Bird Flu

World | February 2, 2004, Monday // 00:00
German Women Tested over Bird Flu German health authorities were examining a suspected case of the potentially fatal bird flu that has killed at least 12 people in Asia, in what could be Europe's first case of the illness. Photo by AFP

German health authorities were examining a suspected case of the potentially fatal bird flu that has killed at least 12 people in Asia, in what could be Europe's first case of the illness A woman who returned from Thailand on Saturday with symptoms similar to those produced by the disease has been taken to the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, a spokesmen for the fire department said. The institute said in a statement that she was in good condition but had bouts of nausea, dizziness and fever. Another woman who was travelling with her had been under observation, emergency services said Monday.

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