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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Indonesia : Tangerang, Banten - Hospital treats a possible bird flu patient

Via Ida at Bird Flu Information Corner :

" A boy is suspected of having bird flu in Tangerang, a news from The Jakarta Post.

An 8-year-old boy from Cipadu Jaya in Tangerang who was suspected of having contracted the avian flu virus was being treated at Tangerang General Hospital, on Tuesday.

“His condition is getting worse, but we are still waiting for test results,” Tangerang General Hospital disease control chief Dr. Ati Pramudji said Tuesday, as reported by tempointeraktif.com.

Ati said the boy had been given Tamiflu, and had been ill for a week.

“The patient had no reported contact with fowl and there were no dead fowl near his residence,” Ati said.

There have been two suspected avian flu patients in Tangerang this year."

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