Two more suspected bird flu deaths in Indonesia (Reuters)
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Both had tested positive for the H5N1 virus after aninitial test, but officials were awaiting the result of asecond test.
Indonesia has the world's highest human death toll frombird flu and if confirmed by the second test, the latest twodeaths would take Indonesia's confirmed human death toll fromthe virus to 68.
A 15-year-old boy from Indramayu in West Java died onSunday after falling ill on March 16 and receiving treatment inseveral hospitals, Muhammad Nadirin at the health ministry'sbird flu center said by telephone.
The 22-year-old woman from Palembang in southeast Sumatradied on March 24. The Antara state news agency reported thatshe had not had contact with fowl, but that there were at least10 cats at her house.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has warned thatcats should be kept away from areas affected by bird flu asthey can pick up and spread the disease.
An initial test also showed that a 39-year-old man fromMojokerto in East Java was suffering from the H5N1 virus,Nadirin said. He was being treated at the Soetomo Hospital inthe city of Surabaya.
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