# 1076
A lot of news out of Bali overnight. First, reports of two suspected cases in the hospital, and now, word that one has died. Tests are pending, and so these are just suspected cases, but the symptoms are reportedly consistent with avian flu.
This from the Jakarta Post.
DENPASAR (JP): A 28-year-old woman suspected of being infected by bird flu died Tuesday less than a week after the lethal virus claimed its first victim on the resort island.
Ayu Srinadi, a chicken trader of Batugaing village in Kediri, Tabanan regency, around 20 kilometers west of capital city of Denpasar, died around 2 p.m. local time, after suffering high fever and acute pneumonia for not more than a week.
Sanglah Hospital's head of bird flu control unit Putu Andrika said Ayu had the same symptoms like that of Sri Widiantari, a 29-year-old woman from Negara of the island's most western part Jembrana regency, who died last week of bird flu.
"Ayu came here with pneumonia and high fever. Her condition was similar to Sri Widiantari's and we highly suspected her of having avian influenza," Putu said.
If confirmed, Ayu would be Bali's second bird flu victim and would add the nation's bird flu death toll to 84 out of 104 cases.
"We're still waiting for test results from Jakarta," said Putu. He said that they had sent samples from Ayu and another suspected patient, MK, 58 on Monday.
Though working around chicken, according to her husband Wayan Suamba, Ayu had never contacted with any dead chicken nor were there any reports of dead chickens in the area.
Ayu was rushed to the Sanglah Hospital after being treated for two days at the Tabanan Hospital. She entered Sanglah the same day with MK from Negara, who contracted fever and cold three days ago. Around MK's neighborhood were incidences of dead chickens.
Putu said that MK's condition was stable and recovering. (Prodita Sabarini)
