Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 22:14 pm
, JAKARTA - The bird flu virus recently returned endemic in some areas of West Java. As a result, thousands of ducks and chickens died suddenly belong to the community, particularly in the area of Comrade Nyalindung Sukabumi district which is only 60 KM from the Bogor.
Nyalindung is an area of seven H5N1 virus endemic area in Sukabumi and also hit the district and sub-district Banyuresmi Cibiuk, Garut.
In addition, the endemic H5N1 virus occurred in Tegalbuleud, Purabaya, Cireunghas, Purabaya, Middle Jampang and Bojonggenteng. The incident was thought to have been going on since last month. "The bird flu virus is in birds, the ducks and chickens," said Ali Ghufron Mukti, Deputy Minister (Wamen), Ministry of Health (MoH), in Jakarta, Tuesday (11/12).
Initially, said Ali, ducks and chickens will not eat then limp and dead. As a result, egg production declined and farmers suffered considerable losses. "To date I have not received any reports of human casualties. Currently no human casualties," he said.
According to Ali, the Ministry of Health has formed a team of surveillance and rapid response teams. "We urge people not to make direct contact with ducks or chickens infected with bird flu," she said, adding farmers ducks and chickens should not be too anxious.
"We will melakukaan efforts to farmers to overcome the virus attack. Namely, using drugs and separating ducks and chickens that have been affected," said Ali.
However, he said people were asked to ducks and chickens that died in order to be burned or buried so that the virus does not spread.
"We are also asking the public to keep a clean and healthy lifestyle," he said, adding MoH has also taken samples and do the testing in the laboratory to ensure there is an outbreak of bird flu that hit some parts of West Java and preventing it from spreading to other areas such as Bekasi West Java , Depok and Bogor. http://www.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/jawa-barat-nasional/12/12/11/mevgzq-flu-burung-mewabah-di-jabar
