Deceased Indonesian Had Swine Flu, Not Bird flu

The Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday that a man who

 was initially thought to have died as are sult of contracting

 bird flu was instead killed by complications caused by the

 H1N1 virus, formerly known as swine flu.  Rohmad, 18, from 

Tangerang, died on Wednesday after five days in the

 isolation ward at Tangerang General Hospital. 

He had been admitted last week complaining of high fever, shortness of breath and a sore throat.

“The cause of death of the

 Tangerang resident was

 because of the H1N1 virus

, not H5N1 [bird flu],” Ministry

 of Health official Trihono

 said.

There have only been a handful of fatalities attributed to H1N1 in Indonesia, and Trihono stressed that this patient had been suffering from a condition that made him more susceptible.

China reports second birds flu death

CHINA - A 39-year-old male infected with H5N1 bird flu virus died on Sunday in southern China, according to China's Ministry of Health.

This is the second victim of the disease in the past month, after the death of a bus driver in Canton province, which happened on 31 December.

The unidentified man was admitted to a hospital in the province of Guizhou, where, according to an informed regional health department, his condition deteriorated at a rapid rate.

This accounts for 28th death resulting from bird flu in China since 2003, a total of 42 human cases, reports the BBC.