H1N1 flu cases rise to 64 in Indonesia

The swine flu / pig flu / H1N1 in Indonesia is worrying. The victims are growing in speedier pace. Xin Hua reports:

Indonesia recorded 12 new A/H1N1 cases, putting the total cases to 64, the Indonesian Health Ministry said in a statement here Sunday.

Director General of disease control and environmental health Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama said in the statement that the new patients were aged from 8 to 40 years, and five of them had the history of travel to overseas, such as Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Japan and New Zealand.

Two of the 12 persons were foreigners and the rest were Indonesian citizens, he said. Seven of them were males and the rest were females, and eight persons were being treated in the Sulianti Saroso Hospital and two in the Gatot Subroto Hospital in Jakarta, one in the Sanglah Hospital in Bali and another in the Hassan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung of West Java, said Aditama.

So far, of the total 64 cases, 43 of them were male and 21 were female, he said.

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