Indonesia 2nd dies H5N1 (020206)

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   Jakarta (VNA) - A 15-year-old boy, locally tested 

to be affected by bird flu, has died at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in the 

Indonesian town of Bandung, local media reported on Feb. 2.

If the tests are confirmed by the World Health Organisation's accredited 

lab in Hong Kong, the case would be Indonesia's 15th human fatality from 

bird flu, said The Jakarta Post newspaper.

The teenager, a resident of Padalarang in Bandung regency, some 150 km 

south of Jakarta, was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 30 with high fever 

and in severe respiratory distress, classic bird flu symptoms. He died in 

the morning of Feb. 1.

According to Bandung regency's health office, some chickens reportedly 

died near the boy's house shortly before he became ill.-Enditem

 http://www.vnanet.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=33& NEWS_ID=184709

Edited by Rick

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	Jakarta (VNA) - A 15-year-old boy, locally tested to be affected by bird flu, has died at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in the Indonesian town of Bandung, local media reported on Feb. 2. If the tests are confirmed by the World Health Organisation's accredited lab in Hong Kong, the case would be Indonesia's 15th human fatality from bird flu, said The Jakarta Post newspaper. The teenager, a resident of Padalarang in Bandung regency, some 150 km south of Jakarta, was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 30 with high fever and in severe respiratory distress, classic bird flu symptoms. He died in the morning of Feb. 1. According to Bandung regency's health office, some chickens reportedly died near the boy's house shortly before he became ill.-Enditem http://www.vnanet.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=33& NEWS_ID=184709 Edited by Rick

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