Riau, Indonesia
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Last week we were following conflicting reports of a 2-year-old in Bali suspected of having died from the H5N1 virus (see Bali: Suspected Bird Flu Fatality), but today’s report is on a different toddler, this time from Riau.
A hat tip to Gert van der Hoek on FluTrackers for picking up this announcement from the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
MAY 1, 2012 | 8:49 PM
Ministry of Health, "Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health" announced one new case of H5N1 have been confirmed by the Center for Biomedical and Health Technology base, Balitbangkes.
Case on behalf of MAF (Female, 2 years) from Siak, Pekanbaru, Riau province.Dated 17 April 2012 symptoms of fever, dated 20 April 2012 the case to the Private Clinic but no improvement so the evening went to the hospital Z.
On 21 April 2012 cases admitted to hospital and treated in EB Hospital. Treating physician to report to the Command Post Riau Provincial Health Office. On 27 April 2012 patient was referred to hospital AA. The situation gets worse case and the case died on 27 April 2012 at 23:45 pm in the Hospital AA.
Epidemiological investigations have been carried into the homes of people and the environment by the local health office team, acquired risk factors, namely the possibility of contact with poultry (quail eggs) for the case of parents selling quail eggs.
With the increase of these cases, the cumulative number of bird flu in Indonesia since 2005 until this news was broadcast on 189 cases with 157 deaths.
