Thursday, November 27, 2008

All of Central Java endemic Burung Flu

Semarang -- from 35 regencies/the available city in Central Java, completely was stated endemic bird flu. "However, endemic him to the poultry, not bird flu to humankind," said Joko Mardiyanto, Kepala Seksi the Protection and the Prevention of the Illness, Dinas Kesehatan Central Java, yesterday.

This condition, according to him, could be understood. Central Java was the area of the producer of the biggest poultry in Indonesia. The "spread" of the "bird flu virus to the poultry was also very fast."

Whereas bird flu to humankind since 2005 now in Central Java is recorded by 12 cases. Although the figure was classified as small, Joko asked the community to be on the alert. "From 12 bird flu patients, 11 including dying," he said.

The case of the death of the patient who it was suspected contracted last bird flu happened two last week in Semarang.

To avoid became an epidemic him bird flu to humankind, the Kesehatan Service appealed to all the officials of the health to guard against the sign of this illness. "If having the person" of the "fever and hot high, should be not guarded against by dengue fever, but must be on the alert bird flu," he added.

Apart from continuing to carry out counselling of the bird flu danger, as anticipation, the government supplemented each community health centre with at least 10 packages of bird flu medicine. Officially Kesehatan Central Java also indicated several reconciliation hospitals for the bird flu sufferer, among them the Pusat Karyadi Public Hospital (Semarang), RS Muwardi (Solo), RS Margono (Purwokerto), and RS Kardinah (Tegal).

Whereas for the poultry, the government carried out spraying disinfektan in the poultry markets and the settlement. As for the control in livestock breeding to tangung answered the breeder.

Suharno, one of the businessmen of the business of the piece chicken in Kedungpane, Mijen, Semarang, confirmed his fast news the spreading of the virus. "As anticipation, daily we must carry out spraying disinfektan to the pen and the chicken abattoir," he said. SOHIRIN

hat-tip Shiloh

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