(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-26 12:44

A 16-year-old Indonesian boy has tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu virus, making him the 12th confirmed case among humans in the country, a health official said on Saturday.

"We have received a laboratory test from Hong Kong and the results were positive," said Hariadi Wibisono, a senior official at the Health Ministry, adding the patient was being treated at a hospital in Bandung in West Java province.

Indonesia has had seven confirmed deaths from bird flu and now five cases where sufferers have survived.