JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two Indonesian women died from bird flu in Jakarta on Friday and Saturday, bringing the number of bird-flu death in the country to 61, the Indonesian Health Ministry said.

    A 22-year old woman, who had been treated in the Persahabatan hospital in East Jakarta since Thursday, died of bird flu early Saturday morning, official of the anti-bird flu center of the ministry Joko Sugiyono said.

    The woman is from Tanggerang, an outkirt city of Jakarta, has history contacts with fowls and there have been many chickens died around her house, said Sugiyono.

    She died at 00:20 Saturday morning, he said.

    Another woman of 27 years old from South Jakarta, who also had been treated in Persahabatan hospital in East Jakarta since Thursday, died of avian influenza on Friday evening, said the official.

    It is still not clear whether she had history contact with fowls, he said.

    Meanwhile, an 18-year old man, son of a 37 year-old woman died of bird flu on Thursday evening, was positively infected by bird flu.

    The man has been treated in Persahabatan hospital in East Jakarta since Thursday, said Sugiyono.

    He helped his father kill a sick chicken. His father, 40, has also been treated in the hospital for suspicion of having the disease, the official said.

    Many chickens have died around his house and suspected of being infected by H5N1, he said.

    Authorities have been investigating the death of the animals, according to the official.

    Indonesia has become an international concern after the finding of the biggest cluster in Karo district in the country's North Sumatra province last May that killed seven people.

    The country, which has been hit the hardest, has become one of the front lines in the fighting against the H5N1 virus.

    Experts have warned international community of the risks of the disease should Indonesia fail to prevent the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus from spreading.

    Millions of people can be killed should the highly pathogenic H5N1 mutate into a certain level, which can make it transmittable among humans.

    The huge territory, back yard centered farming and relatively lack budget have hampered the country's fighting against avian influenza.

    U.S. President George W. Bush in his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Nov. 20 in Bogor town near Jakarta has promised to help Indonesia in combating the deadly disease.