Indonesia - Human Cases May 7 to May 15, 2007

[Sally Furniss]

JAKARTA, May 7 (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman has died from bird flu, a health ministry official said on Monday, taking the country's human death toll to 75.

Joko Suyono said by telephone the H5N1 virus had been confirmed after two laboratory tests on samples from the victim.

The woman, 29, who was from Pekanbaru in Riau province on Sumatra island, died on May 3 and had been suffering from fever and respiratory problems, another health ministry official said.

[Treyfish]

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Indonesian woman dies of bird flu -health ministry

Mon 7 May 2007, 8:10 GMT

JAKARTA, May 7 (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman from Sumatra has died from bird flu, a health ministry official said on Monday, taking the country's human death toll to 75.
Joko Suyono said by telephone the H5N1 virus had been confirmed after two laboratory tests on samples from the victim.
The woman, 29, who was from Pekanbaru in Riau province on Sumatra island, was hospitalised in Medan on May 1 after suffering from fever and respiratory problems and died two days later, another health ministry official, Suharda Ningrum, said.
"There were no fowl in her neighbourhood in Pekanbaru, however officials are conducting a thorough investigation," she said.
Most humans who contract bird have had contact with infected fowl.
The virus is endemic among fowl in many parts of Indonesia, where millions of people keep a few chickens or other domesticated birds in their yards.
Although avian flu still mainly affects birds, experts fear if it mutates into a form easily transmitted from person to person, it could sweep the world, killing millions.
Indonesia has by far the highest human death toll from the disease.

http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnSP233038.html

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[Theresa42]

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Hat-tip, russell family!

Unclear how victim contracted virus
May 07 2007 at 02:18PM

Jakarta - Bird flu has killed a woman in Indonesia, taking the death toll in the country worst hit by the deadly virus to 75, a health ministry official said on Monday.

Two series of tests confirmed that the 29-year-old woman was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, said Suhardaningrum, from the national bird flu information centre.

The woman was admitted to the International Hospital in Medan in northern Sumatra on May 1 and died two days later, the official said.

"There is a new bird flu victim and it is a woman, the 75th person to die," said Suhardaningrum.

It was unclear how the woman contracted the virus as she did not have any known contact with sick poultry, the most common form of infection, other officials said.

The latest death comes as Indonesia is embroiled in a dispute with the World Health Organisation (WHO) over delays on resuming sharing bird flu samples with the United Nations body.

Indonesia agreed in March to an immediate resumption, after reaching a breakthrough agreement in international talks with the WHO to develop a new mechanism on sample-sharing.

But more than four weeks later, samples have not been sent.

Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari has said Indonesia would not resume sharing samples aimed at fighting the deadly disease until it receives certain guarantees in writing.

Indonesia stopped sending samples, aimed at fighting the deadly disease, in December over concerns that drug firms would use them to develop costly vaccines beyond poorer countries' budgets.

Indonesia wants in writing a guarantee that firms will need permission from a country for access to its virus samples under the March agreement.

The Indonesian government had hoped to eradicate human infections this year.

In their drive to curb the spread of the virus, authorities in the capital Jakarta, one of the worst hit areas, have banned the popular practice of keeping chickens in backyards.

The WHO says the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has infected at least 282 people and killed around 170 of them, mostly in Southeast Asia, since the end of 2003.

Scientists worry the virus could mutate into a form easily spread among humans, leading to a global pandemic with the potential to kill millions.

The fear stems from the lessons of past influenza pandemics. A flu pandemic in 1918, just after the end of World War 1, killed 20 million people worldwide.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070507123556460C237065

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Bird flu spreads to Riau

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Bird flu virus that has attacked 10 provinces in Indonesia proves to have also spread to the province of Riau in Sumatra, according to the health ministry`s public communications center here on Monday.

In a statement received by ANTARA News, Riau had become the 11th province in the country affected by the disease after a man in the province died of the virus on May 3.

Based upon the result of laboratory tests carried out by the health ministry`s development and research agency, the man known by his initial as A (29), was found positive with the virus.

The Eijkman Molecular Biology Institute here had confirmed the result of the test.

A who worked as a trader showed bird flu symptoms on April 25 and was taken to a hospital in Pekanbaru on April 27.

On May 1 he was transferred to Gleneagles Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, but at 11.30pm on May 3 he died.

A team from the health ministry will come to A`s residence to conduct an epidemiological study.

The health service in Riau has already conducted a preliminary investigation but had found no conclusive proof on factors that had helped in spreading the virus to the region.

So far 95 people in the country have been infected by the H5N1 virus and 75 have died of it.(*)

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/5/7/bird-flu-spreads-to-riau/

[Commonground]

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DBD


AKARTA, Kompas- dengue fever Dengue Fever till Monday (7/5) still often were infecting the Special Capital District of Jakarta resident.
Seja Andrian (9 months), the patient DBD serious in the regional Public Hospital of Tarakan Jakarta the Centre became casualties died the 52 throughout DKI. in Jakarta East, the number of patients DBD increasingly increased.
?Secara cumulative the Special Capital District of Jakarta, the number of patients DBD indeed increasingly descended.
If beforehand reached 200-300 patients per the day, at this time only 50-100 patients per the day.
However, in Jakarta East since last April had the increase in the number of patients.
Jakarta is East currently to the area of most patients DBD replaced Jakarta Selatan,? the headword Sub the Social Marketing Service and Information of the Health of the Health of the Service Special Capital District of Jakarta Tini Suryanti, on Monday.

The data from the Health Service mentioned, since January to last Monday (7/5), was gotten 15.940 patients DBD Special Capital District OF Jakarta.
The total was met by 52 patients died.
Last fatalities, that is the patient Seja Andrian (9 months), the resident of Market Rubber Just was West RT 01/07 the number 58, Central Jakarta on Sunday (6/5) at dawn.
Seja was the patient in RSUD Tarakan and was treated since Saturday (5/5).
According to the Head of the Keperawatan RSUD Tarakan Zuraidah Field, since entering the hospital, the condition since being bad.

These pre-schoolers were critical with the level of trombosit him only his 70 thousand normal in fact between 100 thousand to 150 thousand.
</pre>http://kompas.com/ver1/Kesehatan/0705/07/200507.htm

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Surabaya - IRD RSU Dr Soetomo experienced overload the patient.
The amount exceeded brankar (the bed to carry the patient) that was had IRD. in time eight hours, there were 150 patients who came.
In fact, the number brankar only 85.
"Totalling 75 brankar was used in maintenance space."
The rest of them for the distribution of the patient who just entered IRD, said Pelayanan Medis RSU Deputy Director Dr Soetomo Dr Firm Sylvaranto SpAnKIC.
To accommodate the patient who continued to arrive, the IRD side provided 11 mats.
This mat was installed in selasar empty IRD. because, IRD maintenance space the floor 1 was full of the patient.
"We will be able to not refuse the patient."
Therefore, all the methods were carried out by us so that the process of the service and the handling of the patient is not disrupted.
Including, used the mat although, continued Firm.
"However, was ascertained by me, there was no perfunctory handling."
Although minimal facilities, we tried to handle the patient with all my heart, added the RSU anaesthesia specialist doctor Dr Soetomo.
-snip-

The patient who took medicine from the mature circle and most suffered chronic illness.
For example, stroke, diabetes mellitus (diabetes), failed the chronic kidney, as well as anaemia.
"There were also children, but only was sick the fever and vomited," continued Firm.
Exploded him the patient in IRD in fact not because of having the plague in the community.
But, only by chance, yesterday many that took medicine.
Moreover, did not fulfil him the place in IRD also was caused by the fullness of some maintenance space.
Because the bed in the room was full, for the time being, there was the patient that underwent treated inap with facilities brankar.
In fact, should brankar was placed in IRD.
The RSU side Dr Soetomo also prepared emergency the plan when the patient continued to flood.
That is, made recovery cream for the place of the temporary maintenance.
"All the efforts continued to be carried out by us so that the patient is handled," he added.</pre>
More: http://www.jawapos.co.id/index.php?a...il_c&id=284280

[Theresa42]

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This woman, A, seems to be from Pekanbaru city proper -- not a neighboring town or village. Hat-tip, gardner!

toggletext-ed from Indonesian:

Bird flu began to be Contagious in Riau
May 7, 2007

The infection of the bird flu virus (Avian influenza/AI), that attacked and killed several residents in 10 provinces in Indonesia, began to be contagious in the Riau Province, according to the Centre of Communication of the Health of the Department's Public.

The press release from the Centre of Communication of the Health that was accepted of the Department's Public Antara News in Jakarta, on Monday, mentioned Riau became the province to 11 that his resident terjangkit bird flu and he confirmed the case of bird flu to A (29).

Results of the inspection of RT-PCR (Reverse Transcriptase-Polimerase Chain Reaction) that was carried out in the laboratory of the Body of Health Research And Development showed Pekanbaru to the woman of the resident of the Kompleks [*snip*], Pekanbaru positive was infected by the bird flu virus H5N1.

Results of the inspection of the Body of Health Research And Development in May 5 2007 that was reinforced with results of the inspection of the Molecular Laboratory of the biological Agency of Eijkman Jakarta this afternoon.

A, that was everyday worked as the trader [not necessarily a poultry trader, though], began to show the sign was sick on April 25 2007 and afterwards was treated in the Beginning Hospital of Bross Pekanbaru [Rumah Sakit Awal Bross Pekanbaru] on April 27 2007.

On May 1 2007, A continued the maintenance to the Hospital of Gleneagles Medan, the North Sumatran province and two days afterwards that is on May 3 2007, struck 23.30 WIB A died in this hospital.

Up to now the Department of the Health does not yet know the risk factor of the spread of the bird flu virus to A.

A Joint Team will from the Department of the Health visit the area of the A residence to carry out epidemiological investigation.

The team consisted of the personnel from Sub Directorate Surveilans and Sub Directorate Zoonosis, both of them from Directorate General Pengendalian of the Illness and environmental Sanitation as well as the personnel from the Body of the Department of the Health of Health Research And Development.

The team of the Health of the Riau province of the Service at this time also began preliminary investigation but still could not conclude the risk factor of the spread of bird flu in the place of the A settlement.

Since the last case that died last April 5, all of them already 95 Indonesian inhabitants were infected by the bird flu virus and 75 inhabitants died.

http://www.antara.co.id/arc/2007/5/7/flu-burung-mulai-berjangkit-di-riau/

[Theresa42]

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05/08/07

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 29-year-old woman from Sumatra island has died from bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the disease to 75, a Health Ministry official said Monday.

Joko Suyono of the ministry's bird flu information center told Kyodo News that the H5N1 strain of the virus was confirmed in samples taken from the woman.

The woman was hospitalized in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra Province, on Tuesday after suffering from fever and respiratory problems and died two days later, he said.

Suyono said a team of investigators from Jakarta has been sent to Medan and the woman's hometown of Pekanbaru, where she reportedly fell ill on April 25.

"We still don't know from where she contacted the virus," Suyono said.

Most human bird flu cases in Asia have been traced to contact with infected fowl.

According to the World Health Organization, bird flu has killed at least 172 people out of 291 cases throughout the world since its emergence in 2003.

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/5/8/indonesian-woman-dies-of-bird-flu/

[Theresa42]

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A, that was everyday worked as the trader....

The Indo word that toggletext is translating as 'trader' can also mean: merchant, businessman, dealer. [http://www.kamus-online.com/]

Given that she lived in the city in a building complex with lots of businesses (including banks, from what I can tell) AND was sent to the International [Gleneagles] Hospital in Medan (private hospital) and not the usual RS Adam Malik (Adam the Owner), I'm thinking she's not a local villager selling chickens in the market, but perhaps a middle-class business-woman of some sort. Maybe this is why they're really wondering how she caught H5N1...?

Edit: The Indo word is 'pedagang'.

[Treyfish]

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more on the 39 YR OLD lady in HK.Maybe someone can figure out why why HK still holds her body.On Tuesday, May 08 2007 Menyambut Kedatangan of the TKI Body Siti Musauwamah DipulangkanDoes not keep Melihat Foto and Siti Yang Tersisa Keluarga Sumai Nur Hasan clothes till today still could not see the condition for his daughter who it was reported died in Hong Kong last April 22 2007.Because his body has not still been carried to the funeral parlour.MOCH. CHARIRIS - Trowulan Mojokerto ---The afternoon yesterday around struck 11.00 when entering the Kejagan Village, Trowulan, Mojokerto, was seen one of his resident's houses was still being covered by the atmosphere of the sorrow.The new house two months were occupied that was the house siti Musauwamah.Several rolls of the mat and jajajan as well as the drink dish of water in the package was seen in the sitting room that was filled the paint and the floor were yellow young."This was my child's house of Siti that just was occupied," said Sumai Nur Hasan, 69, the deceased's father Siti.Gerutan could not to the face of the old man cover the sadness and the deep sorrow, just as himself as well as his family heard the Siti death in Hong Kong last April 22.Siti was the third daughter from six related the couple Sumai Nur Hasan and Siti Muayanah.He decided to become Manpower Indonesian TKI will mid 2002 set the reason for the economic pressure that coiled around his family.The condition for this economics was aggravated after Siti official was separated with Mufid and dikarunia two children during 2002 set."We heard the news kematia him from the Consulate of Jendral Republic Of Indonesia in Hong Kong through the telephone."And Siti was stated died because of suffering the pulmonary disease, said Sumai.Spontaneously this obituary was welcomed by the sobbing of the family's crying especially the two children late Siti, Umi Zahrotul and Choirutul Mutmainah.Several days, two children were lost purity and kebahagian him, especially the daughter of his youngest child.The indication of the cause of the death of the Indonesian guest worker was 39 years old that for the time being because of being sick the cough and the lungs that were suffered by him.The information was reinforced with the notification letter a day after Siti it was reported died in RS Tuen Mun Hong Kong through results of the local autopsy of the hospital side."We not""We did not have the presentiment anything if our daughter experienced fate like that."Several days before we heard his obituary of Siti contacting us through the telephone.So that we go to Mojokerto to accompany Umi Zuhrotul that will give birth to the first child, said Sumai.Understand uptil now Sumai and Siti Muayanah in daily him lived in the Lekap Pekarangan Village, Kecamatan Kalibaru, Banyuwangi, at the same time became his place of birth.Told by Sumai that night when Siti contacted him was the last night himself and Siti Muayanah spoke with Siti.Uptil now Siti was known by the family and the neighbour him was the quiet female noose and love to the family especially to his two daughters.Not old afterwards came a woman that his age was not different far with Sumai sat side by side on the side, he was Siti Muayanah the mother Siti.He admitted after Siti it was reported died, himself most damaged issued the tear like that saw the pass fotoSiti that was displayed in middle space."I was only lived in in order to accompany and treat his first grandchild who will be born," he said soft sembari his two eyes glistened.Told how by Siti Muayanah the Siti meeting with his family the last time during Siti returned home to the village on April 22 last year.Every time came home Siti always showed the photograph when himself was in Hong Kong.Moreover did not forget also Siti always brought the present for the family, from clothes to jajanan typical Hong Kong."Every time I saw his photograph my heart feel like not strong, the struggle to support his family very much was difficult."For him the work anything would dilakoni him only to make the family happy, said Siti Muayanah.Work in Hong Kong was the Siti choice.Siti Muayanah words in Hong Kongese Siti worked to his employer who was named Mr Choy Chat Kwan.Siti lived in the Flat of 28/F Siun Ken House 2-22 Siu Kong Road Siu.Siti departed through PJTKI PT Sriti Rukma Lestari that was distributed through the PJTKI Jumbo International Maid Employment Agency Agency and was employed as tanaga the housewife alias the servant.Currently that was seen only remnants of the legacy of clothes and the Siti photograph.While their 16 days currently wait for the assurance of the resident Kejagan III Rt 01/03 Trowulan to be delivered came home in accordance with the promise that was thrown the Consulate of Jendral RI in Hong Kong through the telephone on Saturday early afternoon (5/5).The feeling lost that was deep visible was felt to be second by the daughter Siti, Choirutul Mutmainah.He appeared shock, till finally Choirutul kept the photograph that originally was middle space.Not only the photograph, Siti legacy clothes were also kept by him.That was seen when the Mojokerto Radar saw and took the picture of the photograph of the deceased Siti.Was lucky to have the older brother Umi Zahrotul that succeeded in persuading him as far as this newspaper to succeed in seeing the Siti face in the photograph album that was kept."Every time his mother came home, he (Choirotul, Red) always close to his mother."Then every time had the guest came takziyah to the child's house more imprisoned himself in the room of his mother, added Siti Muayanah.It is not surprising when the two daughters Siti when the Mojokerto Radar wanted to question both of them, not any around both of them went out to the sitting room as being proper for the grandfather and his grandmother who came across the Mojokerto Radar.Siti Muayanah words, the delay in delivering the Sitibody to the house, according to the consulate jendral RI in Hong Kong for reasons of the autopsy and administration that were carried out was not yet finished.The determination and upper patience of all the ordeals that are given currently were felt by the Sumai Nur Hasan family.Their 16 length days will meet Siti that already in the condition not bernyawa again.() http://www.indopos.co.id/index.php?act=detail_radar&id=160846&c=109</PRE>

[Theresa42]

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From the Kuwaiti News Agency. Hat-tip, Influentia2 & bgw in MT!

Bird flu spreads, claims new victim in Indonesia

Health 5/8/2007 9:39:00 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (KUNA) -- Bird flu broke out in 11 provinces in Indonesia killing dozens of people and the H5N1 virus spread to Riau province on Sumarta Island taking the life of a new victim.

Malaysia Radio quoted on Tuesday the information center at Indonesia's Health Ministry as saying that a victim died of bird flu on May 3, bringing the death toll of the disease to 75 out of 95 people infected by the H5N1 virus in the country.

The infected Indonesian citizen, who worked at a shopping complex, showed bird flu symptoms on April 25 and was taken to hospital in Pekanbaru, a city of Riau province for treatment.

On May 1, the victim was transferred to a specialized hospital in Medan, north of Sumatra, but died on May 3.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a recent report that bird flu virus has infected at least 282 people worldwide and has lead to the death of 170, mostly from Southeast Asia, since it appeared in 2003.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?

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11 provinces were infected by Flu Burung
on Tuesday, 08/05/2007

Jakarta (SINDO) ? Penyebaran of the bird flu virus (avian influenza/AI) increasingly spread.
Beforehand, the deadly virus only infected 10 provinces in Indonesia, but currently improved one province more, that is the Riau Province.
Therefore, the spreading of the virus H5N1 this infected 11 provinces from the total 33 provinces in Indonesia.
That was caused by the discovery of the resident of the Permai Jackfruit, Pekanbaru, of the Complex of Riau, have the initials A,29,yang positive was infected by bird flu.

??Berdasarkan the inspection real time polimerase chain reaction (RTPCR) the Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Laboratory (Balitbangkes) the Department of Health in Jakarta, on Saturday (5/5).
The positive results were reinforced produced by the Lembaga Biologi Molekuler Eijkman Laboratory, Jakarta, this afternoon (7/5) of ,?ungkap Kepala of the Centre of Publik Communication, Departemen of the Health (the Department of Health), Lily S Sulistyowati, yesterday.

Casualties A, everyday was professional as a trader, began to show the sign was sick on April 25, afterwards was treated in RS Awal Bross Pekanbaru on April 27.
On May 1, A continued the maintenance to RS Gleneagles, Medan.
However, two days afterwards, in struck 23.
30 WIB, A died in this RS.
Up to now, was not yet learnt the cause factor of the A body was infected by the virus.
??Sebuah the Department of Health joint team will visit the area of the A residence to carry out epidemiological investigation.
The Dinas team of the Health (Dinkes) the Riau Province began investigation was earlier.
Up to now, still could not be concluded by the risk factor of the spread in the territory of A bermukim,?ujarnya.

Recorded, said he, since H5N1 infected humankind in Indonesia (in July 2005), already five of the total 10 available provinces in the Sumatran Island that was gotten by the case of bird flu.
Five provinces that were not yet infected that is Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Jambi, Bengkulu, Bangka-Belitung, as well as the Riau Island.
Since last casualties who died last April 5, the total bird flu victim totalling 95 people and 75 people including dying.
The mortality rate or case fatality rate (CFR) reached 78.95%.
??Makin expanded him the spreading of the virus in Sumatra, should be able to be again stronger pushed the regional government to more was on the alert against the poultry that was sick and died suddenly.

The regional government was also tighter monitored the trade traffic in the poultry and the trade in the poultry in the market of tradisional,?ujar Lily.
He appealed to the officials of the health must more be careful towards signs, namely the fever, hot high, and the cough.
Was based on the discovery in last cases, was gotten also by the sign of the stomach-ache and diarrhoea.
If these signs apparently to someone, better the sufferer was brought to the community health centre received first help took the form of Tamiflu medicine.
The medicine had the effective potential only if being given slowest two days after the sign emerged to the person that terjangkit bird flu.

http://tinyurl.com/2fp7hq

[vinny]

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from t42 thread




Bird flu broke out in 11 provinces in Indonesia killing dozens of people






is this a typing error,if its true arent we in trouble..........?

[Sally Furniss]

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Bird flu broke out in 11 provinces in Indonesia killing dozens of people

Remainder of message is

Malaysia Radio quoted on Tuesday the information center at Indonesia's Health Ministry as saying that a victim died of bird flu on May 3, bringing the death toll of the disease to 75 out of 95 people infected by the H5N1 virus in the country.

[vinny]

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (KUNA) -- Bird flu broke out in 11 provinces in Indonesia killing dozens of people and the H5N1 virus spread to Riau province on Sumarta Island taking the life of a new victim.







sorry annez,but this is confusing me................?