JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health says another person has died from bird flu, raising the total toll in Indonesia to 87. A 44-year-old woman has died in the general hospital in Pekanbaru, Central Sumatra. Both samples taken tested positive for the H5N1 virus. The bird flu information center from the ministry says that the woman, who was first treated in a clinic on October 1, was moved to a private hospital in Pekanbaru the next day before being sent to the state hospital for bird flu cases.
She exhibited the usual symptoms of the disease, which include fever, low red and white blood cell counts and pneumonia. It is not yet clear whether she had direct contact with infected fowl. A joint team from Jakarta and the local health office are at the victim's home searching for the source of the infection.
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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health says another person has died from bird flu, raising the total toll in Indonesia to 87. A 44-year-old woman has died in the general hospital in Pekanbaru, Central Sumatra. Both samples taken tested positive for the H5N1 virus. The bird flu information center from the ministry says that the woman, who was first treated in a clinic on October 1, was moved to a private hospital in Pekanbaru the next day before being sent to the state hospital for bird flu cases.
