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Vietnam confirms 8th bird flu case

Tests have confirmed an eighth case of bird flu in Vietnam.

The World Health Organisation has also warned that there may be many more cases to come.

Six of the eight infected people have died.

A three-year-old girl in Bali, the Indonesian resort, was diagnosed today with suspected bird flu.

In Thailand, a second six-year-old boy has died of the disease and officials in neighbouring Laos have confirmed that tests have found the virus among chickens there.