Thursday, August 30, 2007

New Suspect Case In Bali

 

# 1101

 

Once again, we'll have to wait for test results to know if this is truly a case of H5N1 infection, but somehow officials need to get the message across to the public that dead or sick chickens pose a health hazard.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Child hospitalized in Bali for suspected bird flu

21:20, August 30, 2007

 

A four-year-old child was admitted to hospital on the Indonesian resort island of Bali after developing bird flu-like symptoms, local press said Thursday.

 

The child suffered from high fever and breathing problems and neighbors had spotted him playing with dead chickens, reported leading news website Detikcom.

 

Bird flu has killed two people on the island and 84 at the national level, making Indonesia the worst affected country by the disease.

Source: Xinhua