Thailand’s health ministry has released a statement confirming that a woman has become the third suspected human bird flu victim in northern Thailand.


The woman is the mother of one of the other two victims. The three victims live in two villages in Khanuworalaksaburi district.


It is suspected the three fell ill after handling family-bred chickens, which have also died.

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