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.