Officers destroy bird flu infected poultry
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GARUT - Public Health Service, Garut regency, West Java, to supervise the 163 people who live in District Banyuresmi, because it was feared H5N1 virus or bird flu after the discovery of hundreds of chickens died suddenly fell ill from the virus.
Head of Communicable Diseases Eradication (P2M), Public Health Service, Garut regency, Dede Rohmansyah told reporters on Thursday, said the monitoring of citizens because otherwise have been in contact with dead or sick poultry.
"Efforts to control it, as a first step if people are sick or got the flu and health officials at the health center directly handle medically," he said.
He was worried about people who never had contact with dead poultry is not supervised so that when subjected to ill considered normal, so that his health was not immediately medically examined.
"We also continue to investigate, supervise any residents who previously had contact with poultry, as our efforts in dealing with their health," said Dede.
After the discovery and report hundreds of chickens died suddenly in Districts Banyuresmi, there are 14 people were stricken with symptoms of influenza residents and as many as 1673 people suffering from strep throat based on the record Banyuresmi Health Center.
He added that residents who fell ill suffered from the disease based on medical examinations are not infected with bird flu virus, but still given the drug Tamiflu in anticipation of virus prevention.
"With the findings of residents already developing the disease, we continue to monitor, we are worried that bird flu spread in humans," he said.
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