Bird flu kills boy in 2nd recent case

? A 3-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, a health official said Saturday, announcing the country’s second death from the illness in one day.

The two cases, which were apparently unrelated, brought Indonesia’s bird flu death toll to 105.

The latest victim was identified only as Han, a 3-year-old boy from the southern part of the capital, Jakarta, radio El-Shinta reported. It said he died Friday at a hospital in the city.

Senior Health Ministry official Nyoman Kandun confirmed the report and said laboratory tests confirmed the boy had the dangerous H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. It was not clear how he was infected, and Kandun gave no further details.