Bird flu has killed its 20th human victim in Indonesia, a 27-year-old woman, according to tests by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, an Indonesian health ministry official said on Saturday. The announcement came a day after the country launched house-to-house checks on poultry in Jakarta, where 600 fowl have been culled in a bid to halt the spread of the avian flu. "We have received the test result from CDC Atlanta. Yulia (the victim) was positive," said Hariadi Wibisono, director-general of control of animal-borne disease at the health ministry. The 27-year-old woman died last Monday after being admitted to the Sulianti Saroso hospital in Jakarta, which is designated to treat patients showing bird flu symptoms, Reuters reported. --SP 11 33 Local Time 08 33 GMT
