27.11.2005

A 16-year-old boy has been confirmed as Indonesia’s 12th avian influenza case, a health official said yesterday.
Health ministry official Hariadi Wibisono said that the condition of the boy, who was admitted to the state hospital in West Java’s provincial capital Bandung on November 15, was good but he was infected.
“Tests taken from the 16-year-old boy, both locally and by the World Health Organisation (WHO), show that he is a avian influenza patient,” he said.
Health officials are waiting for WHO confirmation of local tests which showed that a 35-year-old man who died on November 19 was the country’s eighth fatality.