Indonesia was criticized in the fight against bird flu

Indonesian health officials yesterday said a 14-year-old girl who died in June was confirmed to be infected with bird flu, and this is the 47th death because H5N1 is the world's most populous Muslim country. . The country has been criticized for not acting enough to deal with the disease.

The confirmation of bird flu in this girl took quite a long time and was only completed last night, September 6. 'Test results show that the victim is positive for bird flu,' Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said, adding that the victim lives in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, near where many chickens die.

Indonesia has been criticized for not taking the necessary action to combat bird flu - now available in poultry in almost 33 provinces. The government refused to dispose of large-scale poultry, citing no funding and difficulty in catching and killing millions of poultry raised in people's homes.

Avian influenza is showing signs of a resurgence when in recent days, four countries: Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam all reported bird flu.

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