Sunday, February 15, 2009

Six suspected of Bekasi Bird Flu

Sunday, February 15 2009 | 20:07 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Six people Sukamulya Village, District Sukatani, Kabupaten Bekasi, West Java, is suspected of being infected influeza avian virus or bird flu. Now, their blood samples are examined at the Department of Health laboratory.

Head of Disease Control and Environmental Health Office Penyehatan Kabupaten Bekasi dr Rudi Ruhdiat, said the results of blood pemeriksan sempel can be two more weekends.

The six residents is that they make close contact with poultry postif positive avian influenza type H5N1. "They consume poultry owners and AI positive," said Rudi, told Tempo, Saturday (15 / 2).

The sempel held Saturday (14 / 2), the top 25 people of the Village Sukamulya. However, only six people who allegedly infected.

Sempel done because the two previous days, there are 42 chickens belonging to residents of sudden death. Public Health and Animal Husbandry to the test in the rapid location of the incident states that poultry, poultry died suddenly positive avian influenza.

Rudi Ruhdiat, said efforts to prevent the AI virus does not spread so that citizens can do to destroy all the livestock in the village Sukamulya. "But we hit the cost, people ask for compensation," he said.

Bekasi District Health Office has also spread to the people of prophylactic drugs, namely tami flu. However, tami flu medications that distributed the remaining stock of old stock since the 2005 expiration ended this February.

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