 | | Jakarta, August 28, 2007 - Ministry of Health - Three bird-flu suspect cases have been found to be negative for the H5N1 virus based on the tests conducted by the Health Research and Development Center Laboratory of the Ministry of Health. The suspects were NKS (F, 43 year-old) and L (F, 50 year-old), both from Bali, and HB (M, 47 year-old) from West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).
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| Jakarta, August 22, 2007 - Ministry of Health - Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health and the Eijkman Insitute in Jakarta have confirmed that AS, a 28-year old female from Banjar Batu Gaing, Baraban, Kediri, Tabanan District in Bali is the most recent confirmed H5N1 case in Indonesia. In total, Bali has now recorded two cases, with two fatalities. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 105 confirmed human H5N1 cases and 84 fatalities. The case fatality rate now stands at 80%.
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| Jakarta, August 21, 2007 - The Jembrana District administration in west Bali has issued a regulation banning the transportation and trade of poultry inand out of the district for one month in an effort to prevent thespread of the bird flu virus
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| Jakarta, August 20, 2007 - Ministry of Health - Indonesia has sent specimen of H5N1 virus to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, (CDC Atlanta), USA, on Thursday, August 16, 2007. It is sent by National Institute of Health Research & Development (Balitbangkes) MOH through NAMRU-2 (Naval Medical Research Unit-2) USA, which is located in Balitbangkes building at Jl. Percetakan Negara, Jakarta.
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| Jembrana, August 16, 2007 - Following the confirmation of Bali's first human H5N1 case this week, local communities are taking action to prevent the spread of virus.
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| Jakarta, August 16, 2007 - Ministry of Health - A 17-year old girl from Tangerang district, Banten Province was infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to laboratory tests conducted in Jakarta. The girl, referred to as “L”, died on August 14. She is Indonesia’s most recent confirmed H5N1 case.
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| Jakarta, August 15, 2007 - A two-year-old girl who is a neighbor of Bali’s first and only confirmed bird flu victim is not infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Ministry of Health confirmed today.
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| Jakarta, August 13, 2007 - Ministry of Health - A female bead-embroidery worker, “NLP” (F, 29 years old) from Tukad Aya Hamlet, Negara sub district, Jembrana District, Bali Province was confirmed as Indonesia’s most recent human H5N1 case.
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| Jakarta, August 13, 2007 - The Ministry of Health confirmed today that a new human avian influenza case has been confirmed in Bali. This is the first human case recorded in Bali.
The case, a 29-year-old woman, died on Sunday afternoon August 12 at Sangleh Hospital. She was from Tukad village in Jembrana district 105 kilometers from the capital Denpasar.
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| Bogor West Java, August 7, 2007 - Senior government officials, international experts and representatives from private and civil sector met here today to develop the nations preparedness plan for a global influenza pandemic.
The H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds and 81 people in Indonesia, has the potential to mutate into a new form that could quickly spread from person to person setting off a global pandemic, experts warn.
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