# 2821
Yesterday, in a blog entitled Indonesia: Watching Tangerang Again, I wrote about media reports of two children in the town of Tangerang (about 20 km west of Jakarta) suspected of H5N1 infection.
One had, regrettably, died.
Today, we learn via the Bird Flu Information Corner, of a another child from the area who is hospitalized and suspected of H5N1 infection. This translation apparently comes from local TV news reports.
Banten::: Bird flu suspected 2-year-old boy
February 23, 2009
Headline News/Nusantara/Monday, 23 February 2009.
Metrotvnews.com, Tangerang: A boy resident of Gruduk Mekar Jaya, Sepatan, Tangerang Banten suspected to be infected by bird flu virus.
It has been over a week that Muhammad Heru (2) is developing high fever, coughing and breathing difficulty. Heru, son of Rusdi and Siti Isnia, is now treated at Tangerang regional hospital after received treatment at Sepatan public health center before.
His condition hasn’t showed any improvement. According to victim’s neighbor, dead chickens were founded around Heru’s house lately. People worried if bird flu H5N1 virus has spread in their neighborhood.
Source: Indonesia TV news, MetroTVNews.com. http://www.metrotvnews.com/
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