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  • Indonesia - Sumatra - 16 children monitored after bird flu outbreak

    This reports describes a bird flu outbreak in poultry in South Sumatra.
    According to standard procedure in Indonesia, people are monitored and those with fever get Tamiflu.

    If their health doesn't improve in a few days, or even worsens, the patients will go to hospital.



    Fever Attacks 16 Children

    Thursday, February 17, 2011

    KAYUAGUNG - The bird flu virus attacked the village of Old Srigeni, District Kayuagung, OIC.
    Hundreds of chickens and ducks died, ironically, this animal carcasses thrown into the River Komering by the citizens.


    ''We do not know what disease that makes chickens and ducks died,''said Kadesh Srigeni Old
    Mujahid.

    This problem, already reported to the Animal Husbandry Department OIC. Officers had been taking samples
    chicken and sent to a laboratory (lab) in Flash Lampung. The result is''a dead chicken of the residents are
    attacked due to bird flu,''he said.


    Party Animal Husbandry Department yesterday went straight to the people and do the chicken coop
    spraying. Spraying''we did with a radius of one kilometer from the scene,''said Head
    Animal Husbandry Department OIC Bambang Widiono, yesterday.
    Separately, Kadinkes OIC Dr. HM Hakim Mgs MKes along with dozens of his staff immediately made
    health alert in Puskesdes posts Srigeni Old Village and perform checks on residents in
    radius of one kilometer.

    The result, as many as 16 children have a fever, hot and diarrhea. ''We have not
    find out whether they are exposed to the virus or not, that obviously they already we give the drug Tamiflu,
    bird flu antiviral drugs,
    ''said Hakim.

    He said there is one resident who develop shortness of breath. This incident''could not
    said outbreaks or unusual events, because there is no insulation our citizens and we continue
    monitor developments in the field by reducing medical personnel,''he said.

    Sumatera Ekspress
    "Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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    Re: Indonesia - Sumatra - 16 children monitored after bird flu outbreak

    Over the past few years, more and more children around the world are being infected with H5N1. So 16 sick children in Indonesia exhibiting possible H5N1 influenza symptoms is a serious concern. Especially when, as noted in the media report, they were identified within a 1 km radius of the H5N1 poultry outbreak.

    The map below shows the approximate location the outbreak at Desa Srigeni Lama, Kecamatan Kayu Agung, Kelurahan Kayuagung, Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir, Sumatera Selatan, on the island of Sumatra (-3.3564404, 104.8544839). The first map shows the general location of Desa Srigeni Lama in relation to Palembang in south central Sumatra, the second map shows a 1 km radius around the village.

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