Sunday, April 26, 2009

Indonesia on Swine Flu Outbreak

[great big snip of general info about the swine flu outbreak]

Indonesia Anticipation

In the meantime, the Department of Health RI, reminded all the Indonesian community in order to not suspect each American citizen who came to Indonesia, because of the incident in the USA only in several areas then.

"We might not suspect everyone of America. Because if they came to Indonesia with the condition for the fever, to be uncertain they were affected by pig flu," ordered Director Eradication of the Source Animal Illness (P2B2) the Department of the Health, Dr Rita Kusriastuti, Msc, when being contacted by SH, on Saturday (25/4).

Nevertheless, in each airport entrance and the seaport was prepared the hot detector. For that was detected was experiencing hot the body, immediately be quarantined in the clinic and was asked by his symptoms. Moreover, Indonesia also anticipated the other illness available in Indonesia, like ebola, yellow fever.

"If pig flu, this just was early, but because of his case in the USA, become big his echo," continued Rita. He explained, pig flu was respiratory disease to the pig that was caused by the A virus and the extraordinary incident of influenza of the type virus (KLB) to the pig. The matter of the case of pig flu of striking the humankind, was not yet known whether could spread from humankind to humankind. Same like the case of bird flu, although having affected humankind, was still not known whether having the spread from humankind to humankind.
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