The human death toll from the H5N1 bird flu virus has hit 100 in Indonesia, the hardest hit country in the world.
Two people, a 9-year-old boy and a 23-year-old woman, both died over the weekend due to being infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus.
Joko Suyono of the National Bird Flu Center confirmed the deaths, stating that the death toll is now at 100. Since the H5N1 bird flu began there have been 220 deaths worldwide, Indonesia accounts for almost half of all of those.
Suyono stated that “The total number of deaths is now 100 out of 124 positive cases.”
Almost all who have become infected in Indonesia have been infected via poultry.