Sunday, February 17, 2008

Young boy is 105th bird flu victim in Indonesia
( Bangkok Post )

Jakarta - A three year-old Indonesian boy from South Jakarta has died of avian influenza, putting the total fatality to 105 out of 129 cases in the hardest-hit country, health ministry said here.

Teenager becomes Indonesia`s 104th bird flu fatality
ANTARA News

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 16-year-old boy from Indonesia's central Java province died of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, bringing Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 104, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

The Indonesian health ministry said on it's website that the boy had fallen ill on February 3, and died a week later at the Moewardi hospital in the city of Solo, central Java.

Man's death raises Vietnam's H5N1 fatalities to 50

CIDRAP News

eb 15, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – An official from Vietnam's health ministry said today that a 27-year-old man whose samples recently tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza died of the disease last night, the country's second fatality in as many days.

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