Indonesian Bird Flu Alert "Clade"
Monday, January 7, 2013 23:47 P 7/1 (JAKARTA) - Although relatively safe, the government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Health together with the Ministry of Agriculture declared alert against bird flu that could threaten again in the country. In addition to issuing a circular to the local Health Department, the government continues to refurbish the data poultry fell straight to the ground.
Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (P2PL) Ministry of Health, Tjandra Yoga Aditama in Jakarta, Monday (7/1), said it was making preparations against bird flu, including the new clade virus transmission among others, by issuing circulars to local Health Department .
"After Welfare Coordination Meeting on December 27, 2012, we have made a second circular on December 28, the contents of which reaffirmed the first circular dated December 11, 2012 and added the results of meetings held," said Tjandra.
Some things were added in that circular, Tjandra explained, is the existence of health posts and handling activities in the port.
"Staff are actively P2PL also check into the various provinces and CTF on their readiness, and there have been a lot of feedback as advanced circular to district / city, availability of drugs and others," said Tjandra.
As dikatahui, the period from February to September 2012, the bird flu virus "clade" was detected in wild birds (wild birds) in Hong Kong, India and Nepal, and on farms in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Vietnam.
A total of 15 countries have reported to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) about the bird flu cases "clade" new. The 15 countries namely Iran, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, including Hong Kong, Vietnam, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, Laos, Indonesia and Russia.
While in Indonesia, said Tjandra, no case of bird flu (clade) in humans in Indonesia recently. The last case is still young IT (4) of the Long Parung, Bogor, died on December 6, 2012 that the virus is still a long clade 2.1.
Cases of the new virus is only in Bangladesh and China, including Hong Kong five cases. The case of Bangladesh all light. "Case in China (including Hong Kong) died three out of five cases," said Tjandra.(I-fs/BS)
