Wednesday, 25 January, 2006
	Jakarta chicken vendor has bird flu -ministry
	An Indonesian chicken seller in Jakarta is in hospital after being infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus according to local test results, a senior Health Ministry official said on Wednesday. Hariadi Wibisono, director of control of animal-borne diseases at the ministry, said the 22-year-old man was being treated in a Jakarta hospital designated for bird flu patients. "Local tests show he was positive for bird flu. He is a chicken vendor in a traditional market," Wibisono said, adding blood samples had been sent to a Hong Kong laboratory recognised by the World Health Organisation for confirmation. Indonesia has had 14 confirmed deaths from bird flu and five cases where patients have survived.
	Source : REUTERS