Sunday, September 24, 2006
Bird flu kills another boy (Indonesia 51st human death due to bird flu)
JAKARTA: A nine-year-old Indonesian has died of bird flu, an official of the health ministry’s bird flu information centre said yesterday, taking the country’s death toll from the disease to 51.
The boy died on Friday at a hospital in Jakarta, a health spokesman said. He had suffered from fever, cough, runny nose and pneumonia after he began to get sick on September 13, the spokesman said.
The boy was said to have had contact with a sick bird. Most human cases are known to have followed such contacts.
Note: This is a separate case from the 11 year old boy who’s death occurred on Monday September 18, 2006 and reported by authorities on Friday September 22.