The World Health Organization (WHO)confirmed yesterday a five-year
Indonesian boy, who died on June 16, was infected by bird flu, Indonesian health
ministry said.
Director at the Ministry Nyoman Kandun told Xinhua that the boy was from East
Java province and had contacts with fowls.
"The result from Hon Kong (affiliated laboratory) is positive," he said.
The death has brought the total of the fatalities from the avian influenza to
41 out of 52 cases in the country.
Experts fear that the highly pathogenic H5N1 mutation can change the property
of the virus that can make it more transmittable, which can transmit among
humans that can kill million of people.
