Indonesia’s bird flu death reaches 53 (People’s Daily) Indonesian Health Ministry confirmed here Sunday that an 11-year-old boy, who died Saturday evening, was positively infected by avian influenza, bringing the total death from the disease to 53 out of 71 cases in the country. [News Source]

Bird flu: Who’s next? Bangladesh!The Role of Public Administration (News From Bangladesh) In comparison to malaria and diarroeal diseases, which together kill over 3 million people every year, bird flu has killed very few people. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the H5N1 virus may mutate into a new human flu virus against, which humans have no immunity. [News Source]

Indonesia Confirms 53rd Human Bird Flu Death (Medical News Today) An 11-year-old boy died yesterday of H5N1 bird flu infection, say officials from Indonesia's Ministry of Health. The total number of people infected with bird flu in the country has now reached 71, of which 53 have died.The boy was from south Jakarta. Authorities say he had had contact with infected birds. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Indonesia incenses region with scorched earth policy. Indonesia, also under international pressure to deal with its spiralling bird flu death toll and Islamic extremists responsible for a host of bombings, is appealing for help. [News Source]

Low-pathogenic H5N1 flu strain found in Ohio birds. Northern pintail birds in Ohio have tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the U.S. government said today, adding to recent cases in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Michigan. [News Source]

Bird flu death toll in Indonesia rises to 53 (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ A 11-year-old Indonesian boy died of bird flu Saturday, bringing the human death toll from the disease in the country to 53, the Health Ministry said Sunday. [News Source]

New bird flu restrictions come into force (NZZ) Poultry kept within a one:kilometre radius of major Swiss lakes and rivers must be kept indoors from Sunday as part of targeted preventive measures against avian flu. [News Source]

Indonesian boy dies suspected of bird flu: hospital (AFP via Yahoo! News) An Indonesian boy has died of suspected bird flu at the main treatment hospital for the disease here, a spokesman said. [News Source]

Indonesian bird flu toll now 53 (CNN.com) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An 11-year-old Indonesian boy has died of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu, raising the national death toll from the disease to 53, the director of the hospital where the patient was being treated said Sunday. [News Source]

Low-risk H5N1 bird flu in Ohio wild birds: USDA (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Northern pintail birds in Ohio have tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the U.S. government said on Saturday, adding to recent cases in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Michigan. [News Source]