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According to media reports, the condition of the doctor suspected of having been infected with bird flu, is improving. He remains, however, in isolation for the time being.
Indonesian doctor with suspected bird flu 'improving'
JAKARTA (AFP) - An Indonesian doctor who fell ill after treating patients suffering from the deadly bird flu virus was improving, a fellow doctor said Friday.
The 29-year-old doctor was hospitalised on Thursday after developing symptoms similar to bird flu, raising concerns of human-to-human transfer of the deadly virus.
"His condition is improving, his fever is down and x-ray results came back good," said Hadi Yusuf, a doctor who treats patients with the virus at the Hasan Sadikin hospital in West Java.
However the sick doctor, identified only by one of his initials S, will remain in isolation at the hospital until the results of tests were known.
The tests have been sent to the Ministry of Health's laboratory in Jakarta.
Samples are usually taken on the first, third and seventh day after a patient is hospitalised to determine if they have bird flu.
There are currently four other patients suspected of contracting the virus in isolation at the same hospital, including two children aged four and six.
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