Indonesia’s human bird flu deaths hit 37
29/05/2006 – 13:03:29Indonesia’s human bird flu death toll climbed to 37 today after the World Health Organisation confirmed that an 18-year-old boy died from the H5N1 virus, a senior health ministry official said.
Tests for the boy, whose sister also died from bird flu, came back positive from a WHO-sanctioned laboratory in Hong Kong, Nyoman Kandun said.
Both died on May 23 in the city of Bandung, becoming the seventh case of family members, or clusters, hit by the disease in Indonesia, he said.
The laboratory also confirmed that a 14-year-old girl from Solok, West Sumatra, had been hit by the virus, Kandun said. Indonesia’s total number of confirmed cases now is 50, of which 37 were fatal, he said.
Worldwide, bird flu has now killed at least 125 people since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003. (source)
Thought I should bump this up again. The other day, when I was with my children’s paediatrician, we talked about vaccinations. Well, there is no vaccine to prevent Bird Flu yet. But hopefully, they will find it so that we can safeguard our children. Looks like those who died are mostly children who usually have lower immunity.
Originally posted 2006-05-30 01:35:35.
