Indonesia - New poultry and human cases across the islands

The second human fatality from H5N1 in bali has been confirmed. The 28 year old woman was a poultry trader.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK170091.htm

Meanwhile, we're actually starting to get more and more reports of poultry outbreaks in Indonesia, which used to be a rarity. Hopefully this indicates that surveillance is improving along with general awareness.

"Despite health authorities` efforts to contain a two-week-old bird flu outbreak in Palu, Central Sulawesi`s provincial capital, the virus proves to have spread to neighboring Donggala district, a local official said. The provincial administration had conducted a number of measures to prevent the virus from spreading to other areas, Greesje Kuhu, head of veterinarian health affairs at South Sulawesi`s agricultural, plantation and animal husbandry office, said here on Monday.A total of 208 chickens were found dead in Palu recently. Rapid tests were conducted to find out the cause of the sudden deaths and the results of the tests showed that 29 chickens had died of bird flu (Avian Influenza) virus or H5N1."


http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/8/20/bird-flu-in-palu-spreads-to-donggala-central-sulawesi/