A Thai girl, who was suspected of contracting bird flu, died at the Lop Buri Provincial Hospital Thursday morning, hospital official said.

Officials were quoted by the web edition of local newspaper the Nation as saying that the nine-year-old girl was suffering from severe lung infections.

The girl was admitted to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after suffering from high fever since Sunday.

Lop Buri chief public health officer Doctor Pranom Khamthiang said she was awaiting a lab result to confirm if the girl had contracted the bird flu virus.

Source: Xinhua