Indonesia’s 103th Bird Flu Case Confirmed
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. The tests conducted by the Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health and the Eijkman Insitute in Jakarta on August 12, 2007 and August 13, 2007, respectively, confirmed that “NLP” is infected by the H5N1 virus. “NLP” is the 82th fatalities in the country and is the first human bird flu case confirmed in Bali.
There are 12 provinces that have recorded human bird flu cases with the total number of 103 confirmed human H5N1 and 82 fatalities. With this case, the human H5N1 case fatality rates now stands at 79.6%, which means from 5 people infected by bird flu, only 1 person survives.
Public Communication Center receives this information from the Bird flu post of Director General of Disease Control & Environmental Health, Ministry of Health on August 13, 2007. As for today, Bali Provincial Health Office together with the surveillance team from Ministry of Health are investigating the case in the field.
NLP experienced onset of illness on August 3 2007 with symptoms of fever, coughing with phlegm, and shivering. She was examined at a private nurse practice on August 6, 2007. On August 7, 2007 she was examined at a private doctor practice. Victim was examined at the Negara sub-district hospital on August 8-10, 2007 and diagnosed with serious pneumonia. On August 10, 2007, NLP was taken to Sanglah Hospital with fever up to 40 degree Celcius, coughing, and breathing difficulties. NLP died August 12, 2007. Earlier, D (F, 5 year-old), NLP’s daughter died on August 3, 2007 from pneumonia. From the investigation, on early-mid July 2007, chickens raised by NLP and her neighbor died suddenly. D played with the chickens before she died. From the Livestock office laboratory, it is confirmed that the dead chickens were H5N1 positive.
On July 17, 2007, the Livestock Office did poultry culling at Jembrana District because the area is bird flu endemic to poultry and an outbreak in poultry occured.
At the moment, NLP neighbour, PN (F, 2 years 9 months) is being treated as a bird flu suspect at Sanglah Hospital. PN experienced onset of illness on August 10, 2007 with symptoms of fever and cold. PN is treated at Sanglah Hospital since August 12, 2007 and was given Oseltamivir.
Until now, sick birds remain the the primary source of human infection with Bird Flu. Because the risk of contracting bird flu from poultry to human, it is advised for people to keep their poultry away from home.
Be aware of sick poultry or suddenly dead poultry around you. People are urged to learn more about of bird flu and to reduce their risk of contracting the virus by adopting clean and healthy behaviors:
- Don’t touch sick or dead chickens. If you have had contact with sick or dead chickens, promptly wash your hands with soap and report the incident to your village head.
- Wash your hands and cooking appliances with soap before cooking. Cook chicken and eggs well.
- Separate poultry from humans. And also separate new poultry from existing poultry flocks for 2 weeks.
- Go to a Public Health Center or Hospital immediately if you have flu and fever symptoms after having contact with poultry/chicken.
This information is published by Center for Public Communication, Secretariat General MOHRI. For further information, please call 021-522 3002 and 5296 0661 or send e-mail to: puskom.publik@yahoo.co.id .
