There are no signs that the bird flu virus spreading in Turkey is being passed among humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
The WHO has confirmed four human bird flu cases in Turkey, including the deaths of two siblings last week from Dogubayazit in the eastern part of the country.
"At the moment there is no element in this village indicating human-to-human transmission. It's typically similar to what we have seen so far [in Asia]," Guenael Rodier, head of the WHO's Turkey mission, told reporters.
He was part of a team investigating the bird flu in the east of Turkey. The country's authorities say 14 people have tested positive for the deadly bird flu virus, including the three siblings who died.
The WHO said other cases had not so far been verified by laboratory tests.