Indonesia: Avian flu death toll rises to 75

The Indonesian health ministry has announced the death of a 29 year old woman from the H5N1 virus. “The woman… who was from Pekanbaru in Riau province on Sumatra island, was hospitalised in Medan on May 1 after suffering from fever and respiratory problems and died two days later.” An investigation is being conducted into how the women contracted the virus as officials claim "there were no fowl in her neighbourhood in Pekanbaru.”

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