Indonesia says 20th human bird flu death confirmed

Jakarta, Feb 25: Bird flu has killed its 20th human victim in Indonesia, a 27-year-old woman, according to tests by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, an Indonesian health ministry official said today (Feb 25, 2006).

"We have received the test result from CDC Atlanta. Yulia (the victim) was positive", said Hariadi Wibisono, director-general of control of animal-borne disease at the health ministry.

Reuters