New bird flu death in Indonesia

An Indonesian woman has died of suspected bird flu in a village that has been hard hit by the disease, a hospital official said today, as health workers investigated a new possible cluster of the H5N1 virus.

Euis Lina died last night – three hours after she was admitted to Dr Slamet Hospital in West Java province with symptoms of bird flu, said Yati Maryati, the hospital’s director, who was awaiting laboratory test results to see if she had contracted the virus.