BANGKOK: The bird flu rampaging through Asia has made the dreaded leap into China and impoverished Laos as a second Thai boy died of the disease yesterday and countries tightened defences against a potential SARS-like epidemic.
The rapid spread of the virus – which has now erupted in 10 Asian countries and killed eight people – prompted the World Health Organisation and two other international organisations to ask for money and expertise to fight an all-out war against it.
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