# 2845
Reporting on suspected cases out of Indonesia is often an exercise in frustration. Depkes, the Indonesian Ministry of Health, only bothers to confirm cases every few months, and then, rarely provides any details.
Officially, Indonesia has reported zero human cases for 2009, despite numerous local media reports of suspected (and sometimes locally confirmed) cases.
Today the Jakarta Post is reporting on the death of an 8 year old from Bekasi, suspected of having the H5N1 virus.
Bekasi resident allegedly dies of bird flu
The Jakarta Post , Bekasi | Sat, 02/28/2009 7:35 PM | Jakarta
An eight-year-old Bekasi resident died Saturday morning after being hospitalized at Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta with symptoms that link the case to bird flu, kompas.com reports.
The Bekasi health agency's head of disease control Rudi Ruhdiat said And, a resident of Sukaraya village, had been buried this afternoon.
And was taken to Persahabatan Hospital Saturday morning after undergoing treatment at Annisa Hospital in Cikarang since Friday night.
Doctors said the child had been suffering from pneumonia, fever and coughing. Family members reported some chickens had died and were buried around his home.
And's death was the second in the village this month alone; the first death was reported early in February. (ewd)
