An 11-year-old Indonesian boy has died of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu, raising the national death toll from the disease to 53, the director of the hospital where the child was being treated said today.

A 16-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird flu, according to local test results that, if confirmed, would bring Indonesia’s death toll to 43 and make it the world’s hardest-hit country.

A 16-YEAR-OLD Indonesian boy died from bird flu yesterday, officials in Jakarta said, citing local test results.

A 16-year-old Indonesia boy has tested positive for bird flu and was in a deteriorating condition, health officials said today.

The main zoo in Indonesia’s capital was shut down after 19 of its birds died of the avian influenza that has killed four people in the sprawling country, officials said today.