# 1513
For now, these are just `suspect cases'. And this time of year, we tend to get a lot of them, with most turning out to be something other than bird flu.
At least up until now. That could change at some point.
It will likely take a day or two before test results are available.
This report from Antara News.
01/22/08 14:28
Children admitted to Garut hospital for bird flu symptoms
Garut, West Java (ANTARA News) - Three children were admitted to Garut General Hospital at 2.30 a.m here on Tuesday as suspected bird flu sufferers, a doctor at the hospital said.
Dr Widjayanti Utoyo identified the three suspected bird flu patients who were now being treated in an isolation room as M Ihsan (5), Saeful Fahmi (13) and Soni (six months).
The three were residents of Peundeuy sub district, she said.
Widjayanti said M Ihsan began suffering from high fever on Monday while Saeful and Soni who showed the same symptoms were admitted to the hospital 15 minutes after Ihsan.
Peundeuy sub district head Rosidin said at least 1,309 chickens had died in three villages in the area since January 6, 2008.
In Garut, bird flu had spread to 14 villages in eight sub districts, according to Dede Rochmansyah, chief of the communicable disease eradication section of Garut`s Health Office.
Bird flu has so far killed a total of 95 people in Indonesia.
The most recent fatality was a 32-year-old woman who died at her home after refusing to see a doctor.
The Health Ministry said Monday two laboratory tests confirmed the woman from Jakarta`s western outskirts was infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.(*)
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