Jakarta (AP) – A 17-year-old boy died from the avian influenza in Indonesia, which already added in the country six fatal victims of the virus since the beginning of the year.
. The spokesman of the Ministry of health Murti Utami said Tuesday that the younger of the Eastern island of Lombok presented the first symptoms earlier this month after having contact with sick chickens.
Died on March 9 after a week of hospitalization.
Utami said that the results of laboratory tests that came out a few days ago confirmed that it was because of the fatal virus H5N1.
Avian flu began to attack poultry in 2003 and has killed 352 people around the world. It is still present in some areas of Asia and the Middle East. Indonesia has been the most affected country, with 156 deaths.
