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5 More A/H1N1 Flu Suspects Hospitalized in Indonesia

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Four foreigners in Bali and an Indonesian student, who was just came back to Jakarta from Australia, are suspected of being infected with Influenza A/H1N1, according to Antara news agency on Wednesday.

Gusti Lanang Suardhana, Bali's Sanglah hospital head of medical services, said that they received four new foreigners with A H1N1 flu symptoms.

They were a German national Gerry O'Brien, 43, Argentine national Brian Schargorodsky, 22, and Australians Ryan Wood, 23, and Aaron Michael, 24.

"They're all young tourists who just got here," Gusti was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

With the incoming of the four A/H1N1 flu suspects, the hospitalis now treating nine flu suspects who all of them are foreigners.

Meanwhile in Jakarta at the same day, the head of the South Jakarta health agency Togi Aswan said that it is now examining a student who had juts arrived from Australia with A/H1N1 flu symptoms.

"I will not mention a name, but the student shows positive signs of A/H1N1 flu symptoms after he came back from Australia," Togi said.

He said that the student resides in the suburb area of Pondok Indah, South Jakarta.

As of now, three Indonesians are treated in hospital as A H1N1 flu suspect patients.

Considering that the incubation period of A/H1N1 flu virus is at least three days, Indonesia on Monday last week asked people from A/H1N1 flu-affected area to use face masks for three days during their visit to Indonesia.

(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2009)