MAKASSAR, 07 September 2006 - Indonesia recorded a 14-year-old girl, who died in June in South Sualwesi province, positive of avian influenza, Health Minister Siti Padila Supari said here Thursday. She said that the girl had history of contacts with fowls, which at the time authorities found many chickens died around the girl residence. The local test now indicated she was "positive," said the minister. "She had contacts with chickens," said Supari.

The test result brought the total deaths of avian influenza in Indonesia to 48 out of 63 contracted people, she said. The total deaths from the highly pathogenic H5N1 in Indonesia has surpassed Vietnam, making the country the bird flu hardest-hit country. Experts said they fear that the virus could mutate to a certain level that can make it transmittable among human.

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