Thursday, August 16, 2007

Teenager dies in Indonesia

From the Jakarta Post

"JAKARTA (JP): Health Ministry said Thursday bird flu had killed one more victim, raising Indonesia’s death toll to 83 out of 103 infected people.
The ministry spokesperson, Lily Setyowati, said a 17-year-old girl, resident of Tangerang, Banten province, was positively died of the H5N1 virus.
“Two laboratories confirmed that the dead girl has tested positive for bird flu,” she told The Jakarta Post."

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070816164323&irec=3

Meanwhile, tests have concluded that a 2 year old neighbor of the Bali woman that died last week does not have H5N1

http://www.komnasfbpi.go.id/news_august_15_07.html

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