Indonesia reports new bird flu death
August 17th, 2007
A 17 year old woman is the latest reported human victim in Indonesia’s continuous battle against bird flu. The country’s Health Ministry says the victim died on Tuesday in Tangerang, just west of Jakarta. Earlier the same week, another bird flu victim succumbed to the disease, as a woman residing on the island of Bali became the island’s first human victim of avian influenza. With 83 officially recorded human deaths of bird flu, Indonesia is still the country most affected by the illness.