Another bird flu death for Indonesia

Indonesia's bird flu death toll has risen again, after the health ministry confirmed on Monday (October 1st) that another person has died from the virus.

Officials have said that a 21-year-old man from Jakarta died on Friday (September 28th) at a hospital in the west of the capital city.

The death of the man, only identified as 'AR', brings the number of fatalities as a result of the H5N1 virus to 86, making Indonesia the worst affected nation, reports Agence France-Presse.

Ningrum, a doctor from Indonesia's bird flu information centre, told AFP: "This confirmed case puts the number now at 107 infected, including 86 dead.

"On the risk factors, we have nothing yet but a team [from the health ministry] is currently at his home."

Last month, China confirmed that there had been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among ducks in the south of the country.

However, officials said that the infectious disease had been brought under control after a mass cull of poultry in the Panyu district near Hong Kong.

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