Indonesia’s 48th victim is confirmed
September 8th, 2006
A woman living in the South Sulawesi province, that had passed away in June, has been confirmed to have been infected with avian influenza. Laboratory testing results were only made public yesterday, as health officials from the country are forced to admit yet another flu case, despite the recent nationwide campaign that aims both to educate the general public on the disease and implement prevention measures. The case took so long to discover as the patient was not intentionally tested for bird flu at the time. She only presented high fever and the case was later forwarded to central health authorities to confirm a suspicion of avian influenza. Dead chickens were also found in the area where the woman lived and culling of other birds in the area will soon be carried out.