[February 26, 2006] DISEASE CLAIMS ITS 20th VICTIM Tweet (Sunday Mercury Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)MEDICS last night confirmed that a woman has become the 20th person to die from bird flu in Indonesia. The 27 year-old fell ill after coming in to contact with dead chickens, and had been admitted to hospital. A health ministry official in Jakarta said the presence of H5N1 had been confirmed by scientists at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The woman died last Monday after being treated unsuccessfully at the Sulianti Saroso hospital in Jakarta. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]