New human bird flu case confirmed in Indonesia

A 23-year-old man undergoing treatment in Sumatra has been confirmed to have bird flu, an Indonesian Health Ministry official said on Tuesday, citing results from a World Health Organisation-affiliated laboratory in Hong Kong.

Indonesia has had 23 internationally confirmed deaths from avian influenza since 2003, the second highest of any country.

“This morning we got a confirmation that the result from the Hong Kong laboratory was positive for a 23-year-old male. He is still hospitalised at Jamil hospital in Padang, West Sumatra,” Hariadi Wibisono, director-general of animal-borne disease control at the health ministry, told Reuters.

The man had been working at a chicken farm in West Java before he became sick. Most human cases of the virus stem from contact with birds that have it.

Indonesia has had the most human bird flu deaths of any country so far this year, killing at least 12 people.

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