WHO confirms three more bird flu cases in Indonesia

A shuttlecock maker and two other men in Indonesia have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, a senior health official said on Saturday, citing test results from a WHO-accredited laboratory in Hong Kong.

The 18-year-old shuttlecock maker, who used to sort feathers in a factory in Surabaya, was alive in hospital, the official said. His condition was not immediately known.

The second person is a 43-year-old in Jakarta who is alive, and the third is a 39-year-old, also from the capital, but who is dead. It was not immediately clear when he died.

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