Bird flu: 7th Indonesian dies
2005-10-24 12:28
Jakarta - A 23-year-old man has become Indonesia's seventh bird flu victim, dying in hospital last week after being confirmed as suffering from the disease, a doctor said Wednesday.
"He died on Thursday, one day after he was admitted here," said Ilham Patu, a spokesperson on bird flu cases at the Sulianti Saroso hospital for infectious diseases in the capital.
Slamet Wibowo, who was referred to Sulianti Saroso from a private hospital in Cibinong south of here, registered positive for the bird flu virus in both clinical and blood tests shortly after being admitted, Patu said.
Wibowo had had direct contact with birds and poultry as he bred birds and many of his neighbours raised chickens, the doctor said.
- AFP