Following the death of hundreds of thousands of ducks in nine provinces, experts urged the government to deal with the bird flu virus that is not harmful to humans.
8.01.2013
SURABAYA - Chairman of Avian Influenza Research Center (AIRC) at Airlangga University Surabaya, Chairul Nidom, said the deaths of hundreds of thousands of ducks in nine provinces in Indonesia due to bird flu virus last few months should be addressed seriously in order to prevent the widespread dissemination and threaten human life.
Nidom said on Monday (7/1) that the spread of the H5N1 virus variant 232 is very difficult to predict and prevent, as propagated through the medium of water. "When in poultry [land] it's spread through the air. If through the air that we can count, the maximum distance is approximately 1 kilometer.
But if through the water can not be predicted, as far as the water flow model of the spread of the virus there, "he said. "So if the current flooding in the [river] Bengawan Solo, the automated downstream or estuary region will receive submissions from virus from upstream. "
Nidom added, the possibility of many and the size of the spread of this virus may result in death even more ducks in Indonesia, even to run out entirely. http://www.voaindonesia.com/content/pemerintah-indonesia-didesak-segera-atasi-penyebaran-virus-h5n1/1579608.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
