Indonesia: Eight persons suspected to have bird flu
JAKARTA, 13 mars -- Eight people from the same village in the Indonesian province of Lampung, including two babies and two teenagers, were hospitalized for having developed symptoms of avian flu, reported Thursday the Indonesian agency Antara.
After eating poultry infected with avian flu virus, patients suffered of fever and respiratory problems, the agency said, adding that they were transported to the National hospital Abdul Moeloek in the city of BanMister-info.cmdarlampung, the capital of Lampung.
"The patients were placed in isolated rooms and have received laboratory tests. But it will take few days before we have the results," said the hospital director, Dr. Wirman, quoted by the agency.
At least 102 people have died of bird flu in Indonesia, out of a total of 125 cases reported on the islands of South-East Asia since 2003.
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Mister-info.com Team, March 14, 2008.
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