Bird flu quickens pace in Indonesia

Bird flu quickens pace in Indonesia By MARGIE MASON, The Associated Press

Indonesia averaged one human bird flu death every 2 1/2 days in May, putting it on pace to soon surpass Vietnam as the world’s hardest-hit country. …

Indonesia has logged at least 36 human deaths in the past year – 25 since January – and is expected to soon eclipse Vietnam’s 42 fatalities. The two countries make up the bulk of the world’s 127 total deaths since the virus began spreading in Asian poultry stocks in late 2003.

Bird Flu Kills Indonesian Girl

Local tests showed a 7-year-old girl has died of bird flu, a health official said Friday, the latest in a series of cases that are putting Indonesia on pace to become the world’s hardest-hit country.

The World Health Organization has yet to confirm the death, which would bring the country’s official death toll from the H5N1 virus to 37.
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