Indonesian boy ill with bird flu as Asia struggles to control outbreak

INDONESIA said yesterday a 16-year-old youth is suffering from bird flu and several other countries also reported more suspected cases in people.

Avian influenza is known to have killed 64 people in Asia and infected 125.

There are at least a dozen other suspected cases as governments in Asia struggle to control outbreaks in poultry to prevent more people from catching the H5N1 avian flu virus that experts fear could trigger a pandemic.