Source: Xinhua
03-27-2009 11:07
Special Report: Tech MaxJAKARTA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A two-year boy suspected of contracting bird flu, identified as Wahyu Ibnu Saputra, died at Arifin Achmad Public Hospital in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia' s Riau Province on Thursday.
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| People in protective suit throw a slaughtered chicken into fire during a joint bird flu prevention drill.(File photo) |
Wahyu died after suffering a respiratory problem and falling unconscious, Antara news agency quoted Dr Azizman Saad, coordinator of the bird flu control at the Arifin Achmad hospital, as saying in Pekanbaru on Thursday.
The boy died at around 2 a.m. local time on Thursday, he said.
However, the hospital could not confirmed the cause of Wahyu's death, whether it was because of H5N1 (bird flu) virus or not, as the hospital was still waiting for the result of laboratory test of the patient's blood sample.
Meanwhile, the Garut Health Service in West Java province has recorded 46 cases of bird flu in Garut District up to March 23, 2009.
The 46 cases included one surviving bird flu patient, four dead bird flu victims, 36 surviving bird flu suspects and five dead bird flu suspects, Antara quoted Dr Hendy Budiman, head of the Garut health service, as saying on Thursday.
The district health authorities also found two new bird flu suspects in Cintanagara village, Cigedug sub-district, recently, he said.
The two bird flu suspects were currently being treated at a local hospital and their condition were improving, he said.
Around 50 chickens died suddenly in the village of the patients, he said, adding that his office was currently investigating the sudden death of the chickens.
Indonesia is the hardest hit country by the bird flu in the world. The Health Ministry of the country said on March 19 said that 119 people had been killed by the disease since 2003.
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