Via The Jakarta Post, more information is coming out of Indonesia with regards to their recent H5N1 infection and fatality:
" The government has confirmed two positive cases of avian influenza (H5N1) infection between February and April this year, killing one of them.
The first case caused the death of a four-year old girl from the Riau capital of Pekanbaru She tested positive for the H5N1 on April 28 and after being admitted to Arifin Ahmad Hospital on April 19.
The Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday, the patient's x-ray results while being hospitalized had shown deterioration of her condition. She died on the same day she tested positive.
The other patient, a 45-year old housewife from Malang, tested positive through a routine surveillance of Influenza-like illness in a community health center in the East Java city.
She was admitted to the health center with influenza-like complaints. After a swab collecting of specimen from her nose and throat and an examination at the laboratory, the patient was declared positive for the virus.
The patient has recovered and is now in a healthy condition, the release said."
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