Latest Indonesian victim prompts new campaign
January 22nd, 2007
The fifth person to have died in Indonesia in the past two weeks from the dangerous bird flu virus has prompted authorities to launch a new campaign against the raise of backyard chickens. Residents are now urged to sell or even give up their poultry. The virus is once again causing havoc around the country and the latest victim is a 19 year old woman from the town of Garut. The total death toll in Indonesia has now gone up to 62. Meanwhile, officials in South Korea are planning their own campaign designed to slaughter thousands of birds and isolate the disease.