| ■ Indonesia Confirms 81st Bird Flu Death | 07.07.17 |
| Indonesia's bird flu death toll increased to 81 after a 6-year-old boy died over the weekend, Agence France-Presse reported. A health ministry official said Monday that tests confirmed that the boy was infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. The boy, identified only by the initials FZ, was from the industrial town of Cilegon, located 72 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital Jakarta. The boy developed symptoms on July 1 and was admitted to a local hospital four days later. He was then transferred to Jakarta's Sulianti Saroso hospital, the country's main center for treating bird flu patients, AFP reported. The health ministry official said it's not clear whether the boy had contact with dead or infected poultry. |