# 5471
It has been an unusually active bird-flu day with 5 positive cases announced out of two nations; Egypt (4), Cambodia (1), and now a media report out of Indonesia claiming 1 additional case.
Ida at the Bird Flu Information Corner – a joint venture between Kobe University in Japan and the Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Indonesia – has a translation of a news report from the Indonesia newspaper, Koran Tempo.
It should be noted that this declaration appears to be by local doctors, and not the Ministry of Health. Also, we are not provided with any details on how the diagnosis was made.
Presumably lab tests have detected the H5N1 virus, but that detail is not included in the following report. Until the MOH certifies this diagnosis, I will cautiously consider this an unofficial positive case.
Makassar, South Sulawesi ::: Boy is positive bird flu infection, hospital says
Posted by Ida on April 7, 2011
Makassar – The director of Wahidin Sudirohusodo hospital in Makassar, Andi Kalsum Patonangi, stated P, a 2-year-old bird flu suspect patient, is positive bird flu infection.
The diagnosis was taken after intensive examination by the medical team. The patient is now under intensive treatment, said Kalsum.
Patient had developed high fever, breathing difficulty and flu-like signs but now his condition’s improving, added Kalsum.
