Bird Flu Fatalities Climb, Mark Deadliest Quarter Yet (Update3)

March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu deaths in Egypt may bring the year's toll to 31 people and mark the quarter as the deadliest yet as the virus spreads through Europe and Africa.

The World Health Organization is scheduled to report within days the results of tests on two women who died this month, the UN agency said on its Web site. Three other people in Egypt also tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu strain, the WHO said.

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