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Article: Bird flu death toll rises to four in Indonesia; China reports second outbreak in a week
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- October 25, 2005
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ZAKKI HAKIM, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-25-2005
Dateline: JAKARTA, Indonesia
The human death toll from bird flu inched higher Tuesday as Indonesia reported its fourth fatal case, while officials said China's second outbreak of the virus in a week infected more than 2,000 geese and killed about 500 in the country's east.
Meanwhile, countries in the Asia Pacific region continued to step up precautionary measures against the potentially deadly pandemic experts say bird flu could cause, and fears continued to grow that the virus is spreading in Europe.
The latest Indonesian victim, a 23-year-old man from West Java, was hospitalized in late September and died two days later, said ...