date:Feb 17, 2013
A 21-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, who developed symptoms on 2 and 3 respectively, tested positive for H5N1 virus on Sunday, the ministry said, citing local health authorities.
They are in critical condition and medical workers are carrying out emergency treatment, the ministry said in a statement. No epidemiological connections have been found between the two cases.
An investigation did not find the two had contacts with fowls before they fell ill, it said.
People who had close co