Indonesian woman dies of bird flu
An Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country's death toll from the disease to 90.
Monday, 05.11.2007.
12:11
An Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country's death toll from the disease to 90. An official at the health ministry's bird flu centre, Suharda Ningrum, said it was not yet clear whether the 30-year-old victim had been in contact with sick fowl, but chickens belonging to a neighbour had died suddenly. The woman lived in Tangerang, west of the capital Jakarta. Indonesian woman dies of bird flu Contact with sick fowl is the most common way for humans to contract the H5N1 strain of the virus. "Two tests were confirmed positive for bird flu. Her neighbour's chickens died suddenly but it is unclear whether she had direct contact with the dead fowl," said Ningrum, adding that the woman had died in Jakarta's Persahabatan hospital. Indonesia, which has now had 112 confirmed cases of the disease in humans, has suffered more fatalities than any other country. Bird flu is endemic in bird populations in most parts of Indonesia, where millions of backyard chickens live in close proximity with humans. Including the latest case, there have been 205 deaths and 334 cases globally since 2003, according to World Health Organisation data. Experts fear if an easy means of transmission from human to human develops, there might be a pandemic affecting millions.
Indonesian woman dies of bird flu
Contact with sick fowl is the most common way for humans to contract the H5N1 strain of the virus."Two tests were confirmed positive for bird flu. Her neighbour's chickens died suddenly but it is unclear whether she had direct contact with the dead fowl," said Ningrum, adding that the woman had died in Jakarta's Persahabatan hospital.
Indonesia, which has now had 112 confirmed cases of the disease in humans, has suffered more fatalities than any other country.
Bird flu is endemic in bird populations in most parts of Indonesia, where millions of backyard chickens live in close proximity with humans.
Including the latest case, there have been 205 deaths and 334 cases globally since 2003, according to World Health Organisation data.
Experts fear if an easy means of transmission from human to human develops, there might be a pandemic affecting millions.
0 Komentari
Možda vas zanima
Dnevnica 8.000 dinara: Ovi radnici u Srbiji su sve traženiji
Novogradnja u Beogradu, ali i u celoj Srbiji - cveta. Građevinski radnici su među najtraženijim, a poslodavci povećavaju dnevnice kako bi zadržali postojeće i privukli nove majstore.
17:42
14.4.2024.
1 d
Hitno povlačenje proizvoda: "Ne jedite ga"
U Hrvatskoj je iz prodaje hitno povučen još jedan proizvod.
19:49
15.4.2024.
21 h
Rat – dan 782; Rusija upozorava: Moguća katastrofa; Harkov na meti
Rat u Ukrajini dan 782.
23:26
15.4.2024.
17 h
Održana hitna sednica SB UN; "Bliski istok je na ivici"; Francuzi priznali: Presretali smo dronove
Ministar odbrane Izraela Joav Galant saopštio je, nakon što je Iran sinoć lansirao stotine dronova i balističkih raketa ka Izraelu, da je Izrael uspeo da zaustavi glavni iranski napad, ali i upozorio da "kampanja nije gotova".
0:00
15.4.2024.
1 d
Izrael sprema odgovor, odlučuje o metama; SAD: Iran nas nije obavestio
U noći između 13. i 14. aprila oružane snage Irana izvele su masovni vazdušni napad na Izrael, u kome je korišćeno na stotine komada lutajuće municije, krstarećih i balističkih raketa.
23:46
15.4.2024.
17 h
Komentari 0