"The girl is confirmed by the WHO as well as the local lab," I Nyoman Kandun, director-general of communicable disease control, told Reuters.
The girl's 18-year-old brother, who also died on Tuesday, tested positive locally for H5N1 this week, but was not considered a bird flu case by the Hong Kong laboratory.
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