Indonesian woman dies of bird flu - health official
JAKARTA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country’s death toll from the disease to 90, an official at the health ministry’s bird flu center said on Monday.
Suharda Ningrum said it was not yet clear whether the 30-year-old victim had been in contact with sick fowl, but chickens belonging to a neighbor had died suddenly. The woman lived in Tangerang, west of the capital Jakarta.
Contact with sick fowl is the most common way for humans to contract the H5N1 strain of the virus.
“Two tests were confirmed positive for bird flu. Her neighbor’s chickens died suddenly but it is unclear whether she had direct contact with the dead fowl,” said Ningrum, adding that the woman had died in Jakarta’s Persahabatan hospital.
Source for bird flu article: Reuters‘