Indonesia's bird flu death toll rises to 14

[HenryTo]

Like I have mentioned before, Indonesia continues to remain the emerging market country to watch - given high energy prices (along with a subsidy program that will threaten to diminish its foreign reserves should energy prices remain high), relative lack of political stability, etc.
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Saturday January 21, 8:50 PM
Indonesia's bird flu death toll rises to 14

(Kyodo) _ Indonesia said Saturday a laboratory in Hong Kong has confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu killed two children in a West Java family, bringing the country's official death toll from bird flu to 14.
Hariadi Wibisono, a senior Health Ministry official, said that beside the latest confirmations, he still waits the result of tests of other suspected bird flu cases conducted by the laboratory, which is recognized by the World Health Organization.

The children, aged 13 and 4, died Jan. 14 and 17, while their father and an older sibling were hospitalized and considered possible bird flu cases.

Beside the 14 deaths from the bird flu in Indonesia, there have been five cases in the country in which the patients have survived.

The virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has killed more than 80 people since late 2003 in six countries -- Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Cambodia and Turkey.

[HenryTo]

Total bird flu deaths now at 92 in Indonesia, up from 63 in February 2007. Total worldwide deaths reported to WHO now at 208, up from 167 in February.

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2007_12_14/en/index.html

[HenryTo]

Hopefully, this is the last word on the bird flu. Indonesia, as always:

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/31/2021231.htm

[HenryTo]

According to the latest statistics, Indonesia continues to be the country to watch when it comes to bird flu:

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2007_02_16/en/index.html