Official Says Indonesian Hajj Pilgrim Died of Swine Flu

[Turborama]

Source: Jakarta Globe

Jakarta. An official at the Hajj Health Center in Mina, Saudi Arabia, confirmed that two Indonesian pilgrims were found positive for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. One had died and another was still at the hospital.

Wan Alkadri, head of the center, said that ST died two days ago after being declared H1N1 positive on Nov. 12. ST was originally from Surabaya, East Java.

“The other one is still being treated at the Al Wadi Hospital in Mina. Both pilgrims were suspected to have contracted the disease in Mecca,” Alkadri was quoted as saying by news portal Detik.com, adding that the two were not the carriers of the virus. “We have conducted investigations and monitored everyone who shared the same floor with them, including members of their entourage. Nobody else showed symptoms of the disease,” he said.

Previously, Saudi's Health Ministry had said that four pilgrims had died due to swine flu and 67 others have been diagnosed with the virus. The casualties were a Moroccan woman, a Sudanese man and an Indian man who were all older than 75, and a 17-year-old girl from Nigeria.

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This is potentially very worrisome. The Hajj consists of 2 million people from all over the world congregating in one place...

[cliffordu]

1. Swine flu from Mecca.....

My irony alert button just exploded.

[canetoad]

2. You're bad

:hi:

[cliffordu]

5. I know.....

I just can't help it.....

:rofl:

[Turborama]

6. This story is about someone dying of the H1N1 virus

I know the title uses the nickname swine flu, but it's not really very funny. If you think about it.

[cliffordu]

7. Dying is what's happening to all of us. The way we die can be ironic, or, even amusing.

I wonder if they call it swine flu in the middle east?

And, really, who appointed you as sensitivity police??

[Turborama]

8. This article comes from Jakarta. So they do call it that here in Indonesia

I'd rather be a sensitive person than an insensitive one.

[cliffordu]

9. Congrats!!

:rofl:

[Turborama]

10. Thanks.

:hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

4. That struck me immediately too.

[AngryAmish]

3. My father in law came back sick

He had the swine flu shot beforehand, tho. Lots of nasty bugs mixing together there. Not very clean, either he said.