MoH has not been set as the bird flu outbreak

By Arif Wicaksono - Wednesday, December 19, 2012 | 23:00 WIB

JAKARTA. Although the H5N1 virus or bird flu that happened a few days, had swallowed a number of casualties, however, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has set this as Extraordinary Events (KLB) nationwide. 

Deputy Minister of MoH Mukti Ali Ghufron just called, so that the public remain vigilant. "More importantly, apply a healthy lifestyle and do not direct contact with poultry that died suddenly," he told KONTAN, Wednesday (19/12).

 For information, the government had set a case of bird flu as a national outbreak in 2005. At that time, the government has budgeted up to Rp 158 billion to deal with cases of bird flu virus. According to Ali, from January until the end of December 2012, Ministry of Health noted that nine people have died from bird flu infected.While the total since 2005 to end of 2012 there were 192 recorded cases of the virus causing bird flu 160 people died. To anticipate that victims do not gain much, since the beginning of this week, the Ministry of Health has sent a circular letter relating to local bird flu alert Health in Indonesia. "Cooperation has also been made ​​with several international organizations such as WHO and FAO," he said.  http://nasional.kontan.co.id/news/kemenkes-belum-tetapkan-flu-burung-sebagai-klb/2012/12/19