JAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old woman has
been tested positive of having bird flu and is now in critical condition at a
Jakarta hospital, local press said Wednesday.
The woman was admitted to the Persahabatan Hospital
on Jan. 26 and laboratory tests confirmed later she had the H5N1 virus, the
Metro TV reported.
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An Indonesian man stays outside the
avian influenza treat center at the Pershabatan hospital in Jakarta,
Indonesia, Jan. 30, 2008. A 32-year-old man from the outkirts of Jakarta
died on avian influenza, putting the death toll to 101 out of 124
contracted people in the country, Indonesian health ministry said
Wednesday.(Xinhua Photo) Photo
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"She
is very critical now with pneumonia and respiratory problems," Dr. Mukhtar
Ikhsan with the hospital told the television.
The patient is put on ventilator to assist her
breathing. She was the country's 125th confirmed bird flu case, which already
killed 101 people since the disease began ravaging in 2003.
Experts have blamed widespread bird flu attacks
across the huge archipelago on million of backyard chicken commonly found in
rural families.