Man dies of bird flu in Indonesia

An Indonesian man from an area west of the capital Jakarta died from bird flu today.

An Indonesian man from an area west of the capital Jakarta died from bird flu today.

The man, who had kept ducks at his home, had tested positive for bird flu and was being treated at a hospital in Jakarta.

His death brings the number of deaths from the illness in Indonesia to 93.

Contact with sick fowl is the most common way of contracting bird flu, which is endemic in bird populations in most parts of Indonesia.

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Indonesia has had the highest number of human deaths from bird flu of any country, and experts fear that the virus could mutate into a form easily passed from person to person.