Two-year-old Vietnamese boy suspected of contracting Bird Flu

Updated: 2004-02-05 17:18

A two-year-old Vietnamese boy suspected of contracting Bird Flu breathes through a respirator at Hanoi's National Paediatric Hospital, February 5, 2004. A 16-year-old girl in southern Vietnam has died of Bird Flu, said a doctor Thursday, bringing the death toll of the disease that has swept large parts of Asia to 16. [Reuters]

A worker collects eggs at a chicken farm outside Jakarta February 5, 2004. The owner of the farm, which produces some four tons of chicken eggs each day, says he has no concern over the Bird Flu outbreak in Indonesia.

A worker collects eggs at a chicken farm outside Jakarta February 5, 2004.