Indonesia Confirms 38th Bird Flu Death

JAKARTA (XFN-ASIA) - The government today confirmed its 38th death from bird flu after tests by a WHO-accredited laboratory found that a seven-year-old girl who died this month was infected. 'It came back positive,' said I Nyoman Kandun, director of the health ministry's communicable disease control center. 'We have checked everybody who had contact with her and they are negative,' he said. The girl, who was earlier identified as Yohana, came from the Pamulang area southwest of the capital and died June 1 after treatment in a Jakarta hospital. http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2006/06/15/afx2816838.html