Bird flu kills 8-year-old Indonesian girl, country sees spike in cases
JAKARTA, Indonesia
An 8-year-old girl has died of bird flu, a health official said Friday, citing local tests, as a spike in human cases has put Indonesia on pace to soon 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.
The girl, from Pamulang on the outskirts of Jakarta, died late Thursday after apparently coming into contact with sick poultry, said Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official.
The girl's 10-year-old brother died three days earlier with similar flu-like symptoms, but no samples were taken, said Dr.Hariadi Wibisono, a senior official at the national Health Department. The boy died in an emergency room before being treated, and the family immediately took him home for burial, he said.
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An 8-year-old girl has died of bird flu, a health official said Friday, citing local tests, as a spike in human cases has put Indonesia on pace to soon 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.
The girl, from Pamulang on the outskirts of Jakarta, died late Thursday after apparently coming into contact with sick poultry, said Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official.
The girl's 10-year-old brother died three days earlier with similar flu-like symptoms, but no samples were taken, said Dr.Hariadi Wibisono, a senior official at the national Health Department. The boy died in an emergency room before being treated, and the family immediately took him home for burial, he said.
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