Thailand two suspected human bird flu cases

Thailand is testing two children for possible infection with bird flu, doctors said today.

Thailand is testing two children for possible infection with bird flu, doctors said today.

They said both suspected cases were in the northeastern province of Nong Khai near the Lao border, one of 15 of Thailand's 76 provinces where recurrences of bird flu have been confirmed.

The disease devastated Asian poultry flocks earlier this year

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