| ■ Indonesia Confirms Another Human Case of Bird Flu | 07.04.11 |
| A second test has confirmed that a 15-year-old Indonesian girl was infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, making her the 93rd case in the country, a health ministry official said Thursday. Of the 93 people who've been infected, 72 have died. The girl, from central Jakarta, had a high fever and was admitted to a hospital in the city on March 30, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. On April 2, the girl was transferred to a designated bird flu hospital in Jakarta. The health ministry official said the girl had looked after chickens and other birds. After a few months of calm, Indonesia has recently reported a number of new cases of bird flu infection in humans, Xinhua reported. Five people died of bird flu in Indonesia in March and one died early this month. More people have died of bird flu in Indonesia than in any other country. |