Indonesian dies of bird flu, doves might be source

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 32-year-old Indonesian man who had tested positive for bird flu has died, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, adding the victim might have picked up the virus from doves in his neighbourhood.The man, from Tangerang west of Jakarta, died on...

Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 100

"A 23-year-old Indonesian woman from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, taking the country's death toll to 100, according to a report from Indonesia's bird flu information centre on Monday.The woman died on Sunday and two separate laboratory tests confirmed she contracted...

FAO cooperates with Indonesia to monitor H5N1

"FAO said that 31 of 33 provinces in Indonesia, one of the countries hit hardest by avian flue, had been infected since 2004 and thus more investigations and better poultry vaccines were needed to fully protect the poultry from the virus in the country.It warned that despite...

Indonesia reports 98th bird flu death

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Thursday, bringing the toll to 98 in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus."(The) total number of cumulative avian influenza human cases in Indonesia is 120 with 98 deaths," a release...

Tangerang resident identified as bird flu sufferer

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old resident of Tangerang, a suburb west of Jakarta, has been positively infected with the bird flu virus and is currently being treated in a hopital in east Jakarta, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday. Examinations conducted by the...

Children admitted to Garut hospital for bird flu symptoms

Garut, West Java (ANTARA News) - Three children were admitted to Garut General Hospital at 2.30 a.m here on Tuesday as suspected bird flu sufferers, a doctor at the hospital said. Dr Widjayanti Utoyo identified the three suspected bird flu patients who were now being treated...

Indonesia confirms 120th human bird flu infection

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old man has been confirmed as the 120th bird flu victim in the nation worst hit by the virus, the health ministry said Tuesday. The man is being treated in a Jakarta hospital for the disease, which has claimed 97 lives in Indonesia. Two...

India struggles with bird flu

"Laboratory workers on Saturday analysed new samples from dead chickens amid fears that India's worst-ever bird flu outbreak may have spread in eastern India as locals resisted a massive cull. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the outbreak of avian flu among...

Indonesian teenage girl dies of bird flu

akarta (ANTARA News) - A 16-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, taking the country's confirmed human death toll from the virus to 96, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. The girl from Bekasi area east of Jakarta tested positive for bird flu last week, the...

Indonesia reports 95th bird flu death

A 32-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, the health ministry said in a statement Wednesday, bringing the toll to 95 in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus. "The patient died at home on January 10," the statement was quoted as saying by AFP, adding that two...

Indonesia reports 94th bird flu death

""The woman died on Christmas Day early in the morning and tested positive for bird flu," Muhammad Nadhirin, an official with the ministry's bird flu information centre, told AFP. She tested positive to two laboratory tests, he said. Two tests must be carried out on victims...