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Meanwhile, in Indonesia . . .
Ida at The Bird Flu Information Corner – a joint endeavor between Kobe University, in Japan and the Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Indonesia – has a translation of a local TV news report on two suspect H5N1 cases in the central Java town of Megelang.
Magelang, Central Java ::: Two bird flu suspect patients
Magelang – A 36-year-old woman, named Sururi, and a 16-month-old boy, named Rizki Putrawan, were treated at Unit G, Tidar Hospital in Magelang, Central Java as they suspected of contracting bird flu virus H5N1. Sururi is a resident of Desa Balarejo, while Rizki is a resident of Desa Madurekso, which both places are the name of villages in Kecamatan (sub-district) Kaliangkrik.
The boy’s mother said that her son had high fever of unknown cause. Rizki had been brought to public health center nearby his house before been transferred to Tidar hospital to get intensive treatment. Afterward, he had been recovered and discharged from hospital.
In mean time, the hospital is still treating the other suspect patient woman, Sururi.
Source: Indonesia regional TV, TATV.
Updated: 7:40 EST
As I posted the above translation the details seemed a bit familiar to me, but a quick search of my blog didn’t turn up a similar report.
A few minutes ago, Commonground contacted me and let me know that Dutchy had a series of earlier reports on these cases going back to the 17th, and had posted it on FluTrackers.
My thanks to Commonground, Dutchy, Ida and the rest of the flu forum newshounds – without whose considerable efforts, this blog would be impossible to maintain.
