According to the World Health Organisation, the number of people who have died from bird flu around the globe has reached 103 since late 2003. The latest deaths from the H5N1 strain occurred in Azerbaijan, where five have died since February, the WHO reported.
Confirmed human deaths:
- Vietnam – 42
- Indonesia – 22
- Thailand – 14
- China – 10
- Azerbaijan – 5
- Cambodia – 4
- Turkey – 4
- Iraq – 2