Indonesia's Bird Flu Death Toll at 72

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases

Indonesia's Bird Flu Death Toll at 72
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The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 4, 2007; 12:03 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A 23-year-old woman has died of bird flu, raising
the country's toll to 72, a Health Ministry official said Wednesday.

The woman died almost immediately after arriving at Persahabatan
hospital on Sunday, Muhammad Nadirin said.

Bird flu has killed at least 170 people since it began ravaging Asian
poultry stocks in 2003, hitting Indonesia the hardest, according to the
World Health Organization. It remains hard for people to catch, and most
human cases have been linked to contact with sick birds.

But experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among
people, potentially sparking a pandemic that could kill millions.