Indonesian woman tested positive with bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-30 13:49:00   Print

    JAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old woman has been tested positive of having bird flu and is now in critical condition at a Jakarta hospital, local press said Wednesday.

    The woman was admitted to the Persahabatan Hospital on Jan. 26 and laboratory tests confirmed later she had the H5N1 virus, the Metro TV reported.

An Indonesian man stays outside the avian influenza treat center at the Pershabatan hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 30, 2008. A 32-year-old man from the outkirts of Jakarta died on avian influenza, putting the death toll to 101 out of 124 contracted people in the country, Indonesian health ministry said Wednesday.

An Indonesian man stays outside the avian influenza treat center at the Pershabatan hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 30, 2008. A 32-year-old man from the outkirts of Jakarta died on avian influenza, putting the death toll to 101 out of 124 contracted people in the country, Indonesian health ministry said Wednesday.(Xinhua Photo)
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    "She is very critical now with pneumonia and respiratory problems," Dr. Mukhtar Ikhsan with the hospital told the television.

    The patient is put on ventilator to assist her breathing. She was the country's 125th confirmed bird flu case, which already killed 101 people since the disease began ravaging in 2003.

    Experts have blamed widespread bird flu attacks across the huge archipelago on million of backyard chicken commonly found in rural families.

Editor: Yao Siyan
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