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Tue, 08/12/2008 - 15:29
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BIRD FLU FATALITY RATE DROPPING : OFFICIAL
Jakarta, Aug 12 (ANTARA) - The bird flu fatality rate in Indonesia this year has dropped from its level last year, according to the executive chairman of the National Commission of Bird Flu Control and Alertness (FBPI), Bayu Krisnamurthi.
"The fatality rate in 2007 was 88.1 percent, and in the first semester of 2008 it was recorded at 84.2 percent," Krisnamurthi said here on Monday.
"The decrease has not made us relax but at least it is a positive sign," he said.
Over the past three years, the bird flu's fatality rate had decreased, he said.
In 2006, 43 people were confirmed to have been infected with the virus, and 34 of them died. In 2007, 27 people were infected , and 23 died.
During the first semester this year, FBHI had recorded 19 bird flu cases and in 16 of them the sufferers died. Around 42 percent of the patients had had direct contact with infected poultry.
"The fatality rate in 2007 was 88.1 percent, and in the first semester of 2008 it was recorded at 84.2 percent," Krisnamurthi said here on Monday.
"The decrease has not made us relax but at least it is a positive sign," he said.
Over the past three years, the bird flu's fatality rate had decreased, he said.
In 2006, 43 people were confirmed to have been infected with the virus, and 34 of them died. In 2007, 27 people were infected , and 23 died.
During the first semester this year, FBHI had recorded 19 bird flu cases and in 16 of them the sufferers died. Around 42 percent of the patients had had direct contact with infected poultry.
