JAKARTA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The second blood test result of a 23-year old Indonesian woman, who died on Sunday evening, was positive like the first test result, bringing the death toll of bird flu in Indonesia to 72 out of 92 cases, an official of the Health Ministry said here Tuesday.

    It was not clear whether the woman, from Central Jakarta, had contacts with fowls, Arman from the anti-bird flu center of the ministry told Xinhua by telephone.

    The number of bird flu cases in Indonesia has increased recently after months of absence of new cases. The woman was the firs person who died of bird flu in April. Last month, five persons died of bird flu in the country, he added.

    Indonesia has agreed to cooperate by sharing its bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization for scientific purpose.

    Indonesian health authorities have practiced a firm policy separating fowls from human and surveillance on the viruses.

    The authorities forbid raising fowls in residential areas.

    But the implementation of the policy is not smooth, as the authorities in most of the 32 provinces in the country have failed to put it into effect, Siti Fadilah Sufari from the Indonesian Health Ministry said earlier. ¡¡