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A 10-year-old Vietnamese girl is reported to have died from avian flu, local health officials said, reports BBC.
The girl, who lived in Hanoi, is believed to be the 50th recorded death from the virus in Asia since the latest outbreak hit in January 2004.
Vietnam has seen 36 of those deaths, while Thailand has lost 12 people and Cambodia two.
Experts are worried the virus could eventually combine with human flu and risk a deadly pandemic.
The 10-year-old girl died on 27 March in St Paul's Hospital in Hanoi, a local doctor told reporters on condition of anonymity. He said test results by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology were released on Monday.
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