In the bird-flu fight, Indonesia falls behindInternational Herald Tribune
July 20, 2006
Indonesia is poised to surpass Vietnam as the country hardest hit by avian flu. And while Vietnam has not had a single human case or poultry outbreak this year, public health officials and experts say the situation in Indonesia is likely to get worse.
Indonesia received word from a Hong Kong laboratory that a 44-year- old man who died last week near Jakarta had tested positive for the H5N1 virus, the Indonesian Health Ministry said Thursday. That brought number of confirmed bird flu deaths in Indonesia to 42 since the first human case was confirmed a year ago, equal to the toll in Vietnam. Visit the above link to read the rest of the article.