Bekasi: The Potential location of Bird Flu was in Bekasi supervised

On Tuesday, February 17 2009 | 19:19 of WIB

The Interaktif TIME, Bekasi: the medical Team of the Health Service and the Livestock Service of Kabupaten Bekasi, West Java, carried out the tight supervision of the resident who lived in the potential territory the spreading of bird flu. The location was pacified by us specially, said Sri Utami, Section Head Kesehatan of the Bekasi Regency to the Time, on Tuesday (17/2).

The potential territory was the settlement of the inhabitants in the Sukamulya Village, Kecamatan Sukatani, Kabupaten Bekasi. The supervision followed the existence of seven residents was suspected bird flu with the sign was sick the fever and hot high. Suspected by them contact was close to the positive chicken was infected by the virus avian influenza (AI) the kind H5N1.

According to Sri, results of the temporary check-up against this resident his status influenza like illness. He appealed to the resident that suffered was sick with the similar sign segara reported to receive the medical maintenance. We have given the task to the Sukamulya Community Health Centre fast preceptive if having his resident who was sick, he said.

The resident was expected by bird flu, Sri continued, only was treated the road. They were given Tamiflu medicine, and was monitored by his health every day.

The sub-district head Sukatani Muhamad Shaleh Suhasbi, said the joint team from the Health Service and the Livestock Service carried out the supervision 24 hours. Health Officials was supervising his person, while the Animal Service supervised his livestock, he said.

The Dinas team of Agriculture, Muhamad continued, confirmed the chicken belonging to the resident was not stabled and sold to the market. Do not have a chicken then slip off outside, he said.

At this time, Muhamad continued, it was worried about the number of residents was suspected of by bird flu improving (increasing,ed). Because, the spread of the AI virus reached the radius 10 metre from the location of the beginning findings of the case of bird flu, with the number of potential households 6 households.
hat-tip Dutchy