Indonesia reports bird flu, influenza A/H1N1 cases

2010-12-09 17:31:04
JAKARTA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Health Ministry has reported one bird flu case and one influenza A/H1N1 case in West Java province, spokesperson of the ministry Tri Tarayati said here on Thursday.

A 21 year-old woman had been treated in Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung the capital of the province for having bird flu (H5N1) and a 7-year old girl has also got medical treatment at the hospital for having A/H1N1 influenza virus, the spokesperson said.

The woman has started having medical treatment at the hospital since Nov. 22 and the girl on Nov. 17, she said. "All the laboratory test show that they are positive on bird flu and swine flu. Now all of them still have medical treatment in the hospital,"she said.

The cases has put the total number of bird flu cases in Indonesia to 169 with 138 fatality since recent years. A/H1N1 Influenza virus has killed ten people in the country.