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Kompas Cyber Media, out of Indonesia, is reporting that one of the doctors currently in isolation, suspected of having bird flu, has tested negative for the virus.
A hat tip to Influentia2 on the Wiki for posting this report.
Dokter Suspect Flu Burung Dinyatakan Negatif H5N1
The report on the Reporter Kompas Mohammad Hilmi Faiq
Bandung, Kompas - the Doctor who was assigned in the Handsome Hospital Sadikin the Primary School (29) was stated by the bird flu negative.
He could become the centre of attention because of experiencing the sign suspect bird flu after treating the positive patient bird flu.
Moreover, emerged the speculation that the virus H5N1 began to spread antarmanusia (human to human).
Beforehand, the Primary School could treat Didi Slamet Prihadi (15), the positive patient bird flu from Indramayu.
Didi had finally died in RSHS on Sunday (25/3).
Obviously this looks like good news, although additional testing may well be conducted. We've seen cases where early negative results turned out to be positives. There are also other HCW's (Health Care Workers) currently under observation in other parts of the country, some reportedly with fevers, so this story isn't over yet.
Additionally, 2 other patients being treated at this hospital have tested negative, while a third is awaiting results.
Although the testing for the virus is not 100% accurate, and often repeated tests are required to detect the virus, Indonesia generally does a pretty good job on laboratory testing.
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