Central Java headed the Burung Flu Pandemic

24 Desember 2008

The plague of the bird flu virus it was worried about fell on several countries, including Indonesia. When that happened, millions of people could die and the social loss or economics will reach billions dollar. The prediction of the plague was seen from the existence of the case of Hong Kongese flu or Spanish flu that claimed casualties of millions of people died. Project Officer Divisi Health Unicef Armunanto said in Central Java from 11 casualties suspect bird flu, only one person who was safe. Whereas 10 other bird flu casualties died. Spread in Sragen, Kota Semarang, Kabupaten Semarang, Kabupaten Magelang, Banjarnegara and Kebumen. ”Jawa Central currently already the phase to four headed the flu pandemic burung,” he said was accompanied Kasubbid Kesejahteraan Sosial Bappeda Central Java Bambang Herwanto, yesterday, in the Kresna Wonosobo Hotel.

Phase Fourth

This fourth phase the spread of bird flu already from the poultry to humankind. Whereas the fifth phase from humankind to this humankind that currently must be guarded against. Bambang warned, the spreading of the virus was counted very fast. The case of the first time bird flu claimed human casualties happened in September 2006. In a period of two years, bird flu casualties who died have had 10 people. However certainly the control of this bird flu must have become attention together. The community must have realised the meaning of the importance of guarding the pattern of the clean life. Did not care rich, poor or the level of high education, bird flu could attack anyone. In the future the team of the Peanggulangan Bencana Daerah Body or previously was named Satkorlak will compile the related step in control efforts of bird flu when really headed the pandemic. Armunanto added, from umpteenth the case of the death resulting from bird flu, the available case was in the Semarang City stated as the extraordinary incident (KLB).

Considering from two people suspect bird flu died. There were two matters of the case was stated by KLB, that is suddenly the case happened in fact beforehand in the local area had not emerged this case. Or if having one case, evidently his mortality rate was high. This why the Semarang City still in the supervision. Nevertheless, Unicef was with Pemov Central Java compiled the step, if the phase of five this really happened has known any effort that will be carried out. From PLN, PDAM or the Perhubungan Service knew what must be carried out, when one territory happened the bird flu pandemic. ”Manner of dealing with these casualties of the bird flu pandemic were the same as war casualties, they might not in the certain period go out, so as piohak-side caught done to know help everything/anything that must be given to them (casualties) ,” Armunanto words. (J9-39)