JAKARTA (Antara): Two more Indonesians have been infected with H5N1, the bird flu virus. One of them died last Saturday in Jakarta, a Health Ministry official said.
The victims were two women -- Su (29) of Tangerang city, and Sa (38) of West Jakarta, the ministry's spokesperson, S. Sulityowati, said Monday.
"The Health Ministry's Research and Development Agency and the Eijkman Molecular Biology Institute's laboratory confirmed on Monday that the two victims were infected with the bird flu virus," Sulistyowati said.
She said Su, a housewife in Gondrong village, Cipondoh subdistrict, Tangerang city, began to feel ill on Jan. 22 with fever and shortness of breath.
Su was admitted to the Usada Insani hospital on Jan. 28 and was referred to Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta the following day.
She died at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2.
Sa, a female resident of Kalideres village, Jakarta, fell ill on Jan. 24 with coughing, fever, flu and a sore throat.
She was admitted to the MH Thamrin Hospital in Tangerang on Jan. 26 and began to be treated at the Usada Insani hospital on Jan. 29.
Sa was later moved to Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta. As of Monday she is breathing with the support of a ventilator.
To date there have been 126 bird flu cases in Indonesia, of which 103 have ended in the patient's death, a fatality rate of 81.7 percent.
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