A 29-year-old Indonesian woman from Tanggerang, an outskirt city
of Jakarta, has died on avian influenza and another 38 year-old
woman from West Jakarta has been infected by the virus, putting the
total death to 103 out of 126 contracted people, Health Ministry
said?on Monday.
All of their laboratory tests showed that all the women were
positively infected by the lethal disease, said Lili Sriwahyuni
Sulistyowati, head of information center of the ministry.
"All their laboratories tests were positive on Sunday
afternoon," she said.
All of them had historical contact with fowls, said
Sulistayowti.
The 29-year-old woman died on Saturday and began to sick at
Jan.22 with the symptoms of cough, fever and respiratory problem,
said Sulistyowati.
On Jan. 28 she was admitted to a hospital in the Tanggerang town
and one day later she was shifted to a bird-flu designed hospital
of Persahabatan in East Jakarta, the official said.
"The families around her house raise chickens, but it is still
unknown yet whether the chicken have been infected by H5N1,"she
said.
Another woman from West Jakarta, who is being treated at
Persahabatan hospital in East Jakarta, first suffered from the
disease at Jan. 24 with the symptoms of cough, fever, influenza and
throat problem, said Sulistyowati.
On Jan. 26 she was treated at a hospital in of Usada Insani and
at Feb. 1 she was shifted to the Pershabatan hospital, the official
said.
"She is using ventilator," said Sulistyowati.
"One week ago she came to her parent's house, which is next toa
family raising ducks," she said. Expert has said that the improper
initial medical treatment and poor hygiene of the traditional
poultry market have been blamed for the highest fatality rate of
bird flu in the fourth most populous country with over 240 million
population.
(Agencies via Xinhua February 5, 2008)