: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports

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West Java, 4 Feb. (AKI) - Five Indonesians living in the west of Java, the most populous island in the Asian archipelago, have become the latest human fatalities from avian influenza, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.

Indonesian health officials say the five people – two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy – all succumbed last month since contracting the H5N1 virus, responsible for outbreaks of bird flu around the world in recent years.

So far, 102 of the 124 confirmed bird flu cases in Indonesia have been fatal, according to a statement issued by WHO. 

The southeast Asian nation is one of a handful of countries where the virus is enzootic, which means it is continuously present and being passed among poultry.

There have been 357 laboratory-confirmed human cases and 225 deaths worldwide since the H5N1 outbreak began in 2003, with Indonesia, Viet Nam, Egypt, China and Thailand reporting the greatest number of cases.

Indonesia's most recent victim, a 31-year-old woman from East Jakarta died last week, nine days after being hospitalized. She was believed to have visited a wet market where live poultry are sold three days before she started experiencing bird flu symptoms.

A 32-year-old man from Banten province on Java’s western tip, a 23-year-old woman from East Jakarta, and a nine-year-old boy from West Java also died from bird flu last week. 

A 30-year-old man from Banten province died from the disease on 24 January.

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	Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports West Java, 4 Feb. (AKI) - Five Indonesians living in the west of Java, the most populous island in the Asian archipelago, have become the latest human fatalities from avian influenza, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. Indonesian health officials say the five people – two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy – all succumbed last month since contracting the H5N1 virus, responsible for outbreaks of bird flu around the world in recent years. So far, 102 of the 124 confirmed bird flu cases in Indonesia have been fatal, according to a statement issued by WHO. The southeast Asian nation is one of a handful of countries where the virus is enzootic, which means it is continuously present and being passed among poultry. There have been 357 laboratory-confirmed human cases and 225 deaths worldwide since the H5N1 outbreak began in 2003, with Indonesia, Viet Nam, Egypt, China and Thailand reporting the greatest number of cases. Indonesia's most recent victim, a 31-year-old woman from East Jakarta died last week, nine days after being hospitalized. She was believed to have visited a wet market where live poultry are sold three days before she started experiencing bird flu symptoms. A 32-year-old man from Banten province on Java’s western tip, a 23-year-old woman from East Jakarta, and a nine-year-old boy from West Java also died from bird flu last week. A 30-year-old man from Banten province died from the disease on 24 January.
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