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JAKARTA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Health
Organization has confirmed one more death from bird flu in Indonesia, bringing
the total number of deaths in the country to 23, a health official said here
Friday.
The one-year-old baby girl from Jakarta died recently at a local Hospital, I Nyoman Kandun, director-general of the
disease control and environmental health under the Indonesian Health Ministry
told Xinhua over phone.
He said the girl's blood sample tested positive by
the WTO-sanctioned laboratory in Hong Kong.
Up to now, Indonesia has recorded 31 human cases of
bird flu, he added.
Meanwhile, Kandun disclosed that local test showed
that another 23-year-old man from Padang, capital of west Sumatra province, has
also died of bird flu. Enditem |