Monday, November 14, 2011

Bali: MOH Confirms Mother of 2 Confirmed Children that Died #H5N1 - Cluster

Jakarta, 3 November 2011

Ministry of Health, "Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health" announced one new cases of H5N1 have been confirmed by the Center for Basic Biomedical danTeknologi Health, Balitbangkes.

The case on behalf of the NP (female, 29 years), residents Bangli District, Bali Province, is the parent of the two previous bird flu cases were reported (NRA, female, 5 years and IWA, male 10 years 5 months). Symptoms of fever began on October 10, 2011. On October 15, 2011, because he felt weakness, cough, and shortness then went to the emergency room of local hospitals.

At the time of referral to the preparation of AI referral hospitals, runaway cases and found in the shaman's house the next day. Because the condition of the case gets weaker and weak with fever and cough, Finally on October 17, 2011 cases died at home. Epidemiological investigations have been carried into the patient's house and the surrounding environment by Kemenkes Team and the local health office, obtained a number of possible risk factors include memilikki case of poultry and live in environments where there are many people who raise poultry. Besides the death of his and neighboring poultry cases in considerable numbers.

With the increase of these cases, the cumulative number of bird flu in Indonesia since 2005 until this news broadcast was 182 cases with 150 deaths.

Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Prof.. dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama as the focal point of the International Health Regulations (IHR) have also been informed about the case to the WHO.

This information is published by the Center for Public Communication, Secretariat General of the Ministry of Health. For further information please contact via telephone number: 021-52907416-9, fax: 52921669, Call Center: 021-500567, or e-mail info@depkes.go.id , kontak@depkes.go.id .

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