Bird flu toll hits 112 in Indonesia
06-AUG-2008 Intellasia | China Post
Aug 6, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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The death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has risen to 112 after a 19-year-old man died from the virus last week, a health ministry official said Monday. Contagious Diseases section chief section I Nyoman Kandun confirmed that the man had died in hospital in the Jakarta satellite city of Tangerang.
He said 112 people had died in Indonesia, the country worst-hit by the virus, out of 137 positive cases. Health minister Siti Fadilah Supari earlier this year closed a 24-hour information centre on bird flu outbreaks and stopped providing regular updates of the death toll, saying it was unnecessary.
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