A 12-year-old boy in Indonesia has been tested positive of bird flu and is being treated in a Jakarta hospital, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
The boy from the Jakarta suburb of Tangerang started to developed bird flu symptoms last week, and reportedly had contacts with infected chickens, the ministry said in a statement.
His case brings total bird flu cases in human in Indonesia to 109, with 87 deaths or the highest among other affected countries.
Source:Xinhua
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