Geneva (AP) ; Indonesia has recorded another human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, raising its world leading total to 117 cases, according to the World Health Organization.
The agency said Friday night that Indonesian Health Ministry had reported that a 16 years old girl from West Java Procvince has been hospitalized since January, 4 with symptoms of the disease.It said the strain had been confirmed as H5N1.
Of the total number of human cases in Indonesia, 94 have been fatal. WHO says that globally 349 people have been infected with H5N1 since 2003 outbreak of the disease. Of those, 216 have died.
After Indonesia the country with the next highest number of the cases is Vietnam with 101 followed by Egypt with 43, according to UN health agency.
(Taken From: Bahasa Inggris SMA dan MA, 2008)
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