Test confirms 42nd Indonesia bird flu human death
July 19, 2006
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An international test has confirmed a
44-year-old Indonesian man who died this month had bird flu, a
senior health ministry official said on Thursday.
That takes the total confirmed bird flu deaths in Indonesia
to 42, to tie with Vietnam as the country with most human
victims from the H5N1 avian flu strain.
Vietnam’s 42nd bird flu death occurred in 2005. Indonesia
has had more deaths this year than any other country.
Source: reuters