Three children were admitted to Garut General Hospital at 2.30 a.m here on Tuesday as suspected bird flu sufferers, ANTARA quoted a doctor at the hospital as saying. 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.
