A 29-year-old woman has died on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in what could be the first bird flu case on the world famous island, local press said Monday.
If tests confirm she died from avian influenza, the woman will be first human to have caught and died from the virus on the resort island.
It would also bring the country's death toll from the disease to 82 out of 103 cases.
The case may further tarnish the image of Bali, which is still recovering from terror attacks in 2002 and 2005, as the country's premier tourist destination.
The woman died Sunday at Sanglah Hospital in the Bali capital of Denpasar.
She was identified only as SW, from Tukadaya village, Jembrana regency, and had earlier been rushed to the hospital with breathing difficulties and a high fever, three days after she had contact with chickens that reportedly died of bird flu, said English daily The Jakarta Post.
"She lived about 300 meters from the location of the dead chickens, which the husbandry agency said had all been infected by the avian influenza virus," Ketut Subrata, the head of the Bali Health Agency's contagious diseases division, was quoted as saying.
SW's daughter, Dian, 5, died last week. She reportedly experienced the same symptoms as her mother before her death. Bird flu spread to Bali in 2003.
Source: Xinhua
|
Comment
Tell A Friend
Print Format
Save Article