MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Three people have died and 13 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of bird flu in Indonesia, a nurse treating the patients said Wednesday. Officials and residents in Asahan district of North Sumatra province said villagers began showing symptoms of avian flu after a large number of chickens died suddenly last week. The nurse at Asahan district’s Kisaran hospital said three people had died after suffering bird flu-like symptoms in Air Batu village. “According to residents there, a number of chickens died suddenly last week followed by several pigeons. Days later, three people died with the same ailments,” the nurse, Mariana, told AFP. More
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