Commentary
Another H5N1 Case Reporting Failure In Indonesia
Recombinomics Commentary 18:02
June 19, 2008
Results of the Laboratorium Health Hall inspection (BLK) Dinkes West Java on the sample of blood and the suspect's liquid suspect bird flu, late Tini Suhartini (54) from the Babakan Asem Village, Desa Ranjeng, Kecamatan Cisitu, Kabupaten Sumedang, was stated positive H5 bird flu of Avian Influenza-AI).
Was like this it was proposed Dr Hilman Taufik Ws, MKes, Kepala Dinkes Sumedang when being met EndyNews, on Sunday (18-5).
Results of BLK this was indeed positive H5.
The above translation describes lab confirmation of an H5N1 fatality in West Java on May 18. This case was after the cluster in South Jakarta, which was confirmed in today’s WHO update on Indonesia, but before the Tangerang case, which was also confirmed in today’s update. Thus, it appears that this case was not reported to WHO.
The recent denial of a cluster in Subang in March, followed by a delay in reporting the May cluster, and the comments about the benefits of timely reports on these clusters and confirmations, has raised concerns that the delayed reporting will lead to non-reports, which appears to the applicable to the above lab confirmed case.
The reporting failures in Indonesia and the lack of WHO oversight remain causes for concern.
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