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General Indonesian BF news May 23 - Sept 10, 2007

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Snip of news, regarding vaccination in Indonesia and a-symptomatic chickens; not new but may be worth repeating.

July 2007

The vaccine does not kill the virus, it only weakens it. However, up to a week after vaccination the virus is still carried in poultry feces,? said M. Zoelkarnain Hasan, head of public communication affairs for the Avian Influenza Control Unit at the Agriculture Ministry.

It is estimated that birds vaccinated only once can still carry up to 45 percent of the virus in their feces. ?It?s important that we are aware that those poultry need to be re-vaccinated two to three times,? he added.

This is referred to as the shading phenomena, in which healthy poultry are able to carry the virus. Hasan said intense vaccination and regular cleaning of poultry farms are the most effective preventative measures.


http://www.poultryindonesia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1166
 
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Update on my Post #157:

Kuala Kapuas, BPOST - casualties died as a result of the illness faded defecated (muntaber) in the Subdistrict Kapuas Hulu, Kabupaten Kapuas, evidently not yet all of them were reported.
Results of the team's investigation dinkes, evidently still had one baby who died but did not have data collected on it.
Therefore, the number of babies who became casualties died resulting from this illness all of them four people.
"One baby who beforehand could not have data collected on it that was Ojet, was 10 months old from the Supang Village, Kecamatan Kapuas Hulu," said Kasi Pemberantasan of the Illness of Dinkes Kapuas Junaidi, on Friday (20/7).

Results of this investigation increasingly strengthened the phenomenon assumption of the ice mountain against casualties muntaber in the area as the assumption beforehand.
In fact as the report that was sent to dinkes local, at that point was named the region that was attacked muntaber only covered the Tumbang Sirat Village territory, Sei Penang, and the Hanyo River.
Currently after the team descended to the location, the Supang Village including becoming one of the areas of the red line muntaber.
The subdistrict Kapuas Hulu, beforehand was stated in the alert status muntaber after being reported the existence of the baby who died and the number of sudden sufferers increased.
Dinkes Kapuas beforehand also determined the case muntaber in the area that shared a border with the Regency of Gunung Mas as the Luar Biasa Incident (KLB).
According to Junaidi was accompanied by Raison that also became the team's member, his side also carried out related data collection the cause of the death of babies who were attacked muntaber in four villages.
Learnt, three babies died before could receive the maintenance and one other baby was asked for had parents to be returned before medical treatment was finished.

Apart from Ojet, the baby who died that namely the daughter (18 months) from the Sei Hanyo Village, Lilis (3 years) from the Village of Sei Penang, as well as Paji (18 months) Putra from villagers fell Sirat.
Now they who joined in experienced muntaber and took medicine to the community health centre or pustu, as far as this is concerned was recorded still like the number beforehand namely 120 people.
"Widely the territory that consisted of 17 villages, four villages and three village children, really was not possible for our four officials in the field to cover him," said Junaidi.
Dinkes Kapuas proposed to the Regional Government so that the handling in a manner the sectoral passage, in part involved the PU Service for the procurement of the water system bersih.ami
http://www.indomedia.com/bpost/072007/21/kalteng/kalteng1.htm
 
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Medan WASPADA Online

Dozens of mass that mengatasnamakan the Movement of the Student Islam Indonesia (PMII) the Medan City carried out the demonstration action to the Service of Kesehatan North Sumatra Street.
Prof. HM Yamin, SH Medan, on Friday (20/7).
In his attitude statement, the PMII mass stated, the number of poor inhabitants in North Sumatra continued to improve. [increase]
Moreover many poor communities that were not touched with quality facilities of the health service.
This condition was aggravated with the existence of the assumption of corruption and the Peningkatan Project fraud in Kesehatan Dinas efforts of the North Sumatran Health in 2004 numbering Rp144 billion that until this was not yet touched the upholder's apparatus of the law.
Moreover the assumption of corruption and the fraud covered the procurement of goods and services, the medical medical instrument and non medical, medical that was not in accordance with the good provisions of the determination of the price and the determination of the tender that it was warned had nuances of KKN.

Therefore, the PMII mass urgent immediately brought about the health service for the poor people in North Sumatra by maximising the health service to the community.
Bring about the cheap and quality health service for the poor people through the procurement of cheap medicine as well as maximised the Askeskin channelling that was exact the target.
To bring about this matter, the PMII mass demanded that the case of the assumption of corruption and the fraud of the Peningkatan Project in Kesehatan efforts in the Service of Kesehatan North Sumatra of the health fund since 2004 immediately was investigated through to complete.
After carrying out the oration while explaining the poster in the page of the North Sumatran Health of the Service, furthermore the PMII mass carried out the demonstration action in DPRD North Sumatra.

http://www.waspada.co.id/berita/medan/artikel.php?article_id=95744
 
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Metrotvnews.com, Kulonprogo: Dozens Of poultries belonging to villagers Kranggan, Kecamatan Galur, of Kabupaten Kulonprogo, Central Java positf terjangkit bird flu.
To anticipate the spread, Pertanian Service apparatus and local Livestock Breeding immediately destroyed this poultry.
The extermination was not only carried out to the poultry that has died, but also that still was living.
His method by being burnt.
The case of bird flu to the resident's poultry in this village was known after dozens of poultries died suddenly three days were endless.
Officially Pertanian and Livestock Breeding afterwards at once entered to the location.
Till last Friday, already hundreds of poultries to the radius one kilometre from the place of bird flu infected the poultry was destroyed.

http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=42551
 
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Pontianak: eight race doves costing Rp 30 million and four basil chickens were from Madura destroyed by the official Station Karantina Hewan Kelas 1 Pontianak, West Kalimantan, just recently.
This poultry was forced to be burnt because of being worried brought the bird flu virus.
Pengamanan police of waters and the Pontianak Seaport also arrested the owner of this poultry.
http://www.liputan6.com/view/12,144856,1,0,1185051388.html
 
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Friday, 27 July 2007, 8:18 am
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UN helps Indonesia set up rapid response teams to control spread of bird flu


Without involving rural communities in the fight against bird flu, Indonesia will not be able to control the highly contagious disease, which has ravaged millions of poultry and already killed more humans in the archipelago than anywhere else in the world, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.
In an effort to control the H5N1 virus, which experts fear could spark a lethal global human pandemic, FAO has helped to train teams of local veterinarians and para-veterinarians in participatory disease surveillance and response (PDS/R) techniques in a country that numbers 240 million people spread over 6,000 islands.
"Almost four years after the first outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Indonesia and more than 80 human deaths, there is still an urgent need for community members to be involved in the detection and reporting of sick and dead poultry," the agency said in an update.
Veterinarians and paravets are engaging community members, tapping into their local knowledge and involving them in control efforts. Villagers are also trained to detect and report bird flu cases in poultry and be responsible for their own safety and that of their families.
FAO is planning to extend the training of more PDS/R teams at local government level. "We will be expanding PDS/R further to cover Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua," James McGrane, FAO Indonesia's Avian Influenza Team Leader, said.
"There is no room for complacency: as long as the virus continues to circulate in Indonesia the risk to humans remains," he added. "Indonesia still has a long way to go to control the H5N1 virus. But the country has taken a major step forward in promoting village disease surveillance and response.
"This could be a strategy that other affected countries might also want to consider. Working with local communities not only provides crucial data on how the disease is spreading but also mobilizes affected communities in Indonesia's control efforts."
Surveillance and response teams are currently operating in 168 out of the 444 districts. So far 1,200 officers have been trained. PDS/R capacity has been established in all districts of Java, and in the provinces of Bali, North Sumatra and Lampung, home to almost 70 per cent of the population. Provincial PDS/R capacity has also been established in all provinces of Kalimantan and Sulawesi.
"Villagers are like detectives in the field. They are directing us to areas where there are H5N1 outbreaks among poultry," Ibu Azmiyati, a veterinarian with Tangerang district Livestock Services Department, said. "Without the help of the communities, we would be lost. There are simply too many backyard farmers and village households," she said.
Around 60 per cent of all Indonesian households keep an estimated 300 million birds in their backyards.
To date, 319 people from a dozen countries have been infected with the virus, of whom 191 have died, nearly all of them believed to have been infected by poultry. But experts fear the virus could mutate to easy human-to-human transmission. The so-called Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1920, which spread easily between humans, is estimated to have killed from 20 million to 40 million people. ENDS

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/print.html?path=WO0707/S00364.htm
 
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Snip of news referring to BF outbreak in poultry in Jayapura, capital of Irian Jaya, a.k.a. West Papua or New Guinea in colonial times.
BF in chickens in Indonesia is hardly news, most of the time I do not post it, yesterday for instance a report from Central Java. This is to show BF is spreading and spreading, to all corners of Indonesia. Some time ago the Molucca Islands and widespread outbreaks in Kalimantan, and now this one.


On July 30 2007 05:31:41

The Resident's 92 chickens Koya got the bird flu

Today in the 600 's the Poultry of Dimusnahkan Jayapura-Setelah rather for a long time did not can be heard the existence of the death of the poultry suddenly, this time the information again canned be heard, where during last week, 87 tails of the poultry died suddenly in the Koya Barat District, Distrik Muara Tami.

Moreover from results of the temporary inspection the team of the technical agency related, named the resident's 92 chickens that died suddenly this was stated positive was attacked by the Avian Influensa Virus (H5NI) or Head bird flu of the Koya Barat District, Suprianto, of S.STP, said, the chicken that died suddenly this, among them, 87 chickens died Ahad the morning (22/7), and 5 other following the afternoon.

Said he, the death of dozens of poultries was indeed deliberate not immediately diekpose fast to the resident, because of having the concern could cause the resident's panic.

Everything at that time almost along with the activity descended the village (Turkam) Governor Barnabas Suebu SH to the Skow Mabo Village, Kampung Skow Sae, Kampung Skow Yambe, Distrik Muara Tami, in 25-26/7 then.

"Our consideration lest the community panicked because of not yet understanding correctly about the bird flu virus," he revealed to the reporter, in socialisation gaps of the case of bird flu for the owners of the poultry in the Koya Barat District, Distrik Muara Tami, on Saturday, (28/7).

Said, initially several poultries died suddenly, afterwards his resident reported the incident was for himself and at once followed up it was reported to the Pertanian Service and the Kesehatan Service of the Jayapura City, Dinas Peternakan Provinsi Papua, of Wakil Jayapura Mayor and Jayapura Mayor.

Further, the team that consisted of the technical agency of the Jayapura Municipal Government and the Provincial Government.

Papua came to ascertain the cause of the death to 87 relevant poultries.
Results stated, these poultries were positive the virus of Avian Influensa (H5N1) or the bird flu.


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Missed this one from 6 weeks ago, BF in a neighbourhood near Jayapura

On June 19 2007 02:14:52

The turn in Kotaraja was found Bird Flu

30 tails of Chicken the Citizen died Berturut-turut Jayapura-Kasus of bird flu or that was known by the name of the virus of Avian Influenza (AI) again was found.

If some time before spread in the area Dock-IX Jayapura and in the Jayapura Regency (Sentani), then this case currently the turn is found in the Cigombong Kotaraja area, to be precise in the resident's house samping the Kotaraja PRIMARY SCHOOL.

At least 30 chickens were belonging to the resident stated died, in succession since last week, with signs similar to bird flu.

In part, was found outside mucus, foot was very spotty red, and jenger several chickens berwarana blue purplish.

With the signs, so as these chickens, was expected because of being attacked by bird flu.

To follow up this case, on last Monday morning around struck 11,30 WIT the official of the Health of the Jayapura City, Dinas Peternakan Provinsi Papua, and the Service side of Pertanian Kota Jayapura of the Service visited the place of the incident.

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Dinkes Magelang prepared tamiflu for Suspect Flu Burung
Magelang, CyberNews.

Since being opened the Kewaspadaan Command Post till now does not have the resident of the Senden Village and Bintaro, Desa Sukorejo, of Kecamatan Mertoyudan, Kabupaten Mahelang, that was suspected terjangkit the illness with signs was similar to bird flu.
"We have held observation" of the "field, through cadres" of the "health."
The command post was established to be on duty at all kemunginan that happened, said Dr Hendarto, Section Head Kesehatan of the Magelang Regency, on Sunday (5/.
Nevertheless, Dinkes provided Tamiflu in the command post to anticipate the spread of the bird flu illness against humankind.
But the medicine was only given by the patient who was diagnosed suspect bird flu or with the special criterion.
"If only deman, the cough, pilek, normally, we only gave normal medicine," he said.
more: http://www.suaramerdeka.com/cybernews/harian/0708/05/dar14.htm
 
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BANJARBARU, BPOST - the Sample of beef from the Sambangan Village, Kabupaten Tanah Laut that was expected terjangkit the virus jembarana and attacked was forced to be sent to the Penyidikan Hall and the Veterineer Testing (BPPV) Denpasar Bali, because of BPPV Banjarbaru ran out of the antigens serum.
Peternakan South Kalimantan Maskamian Anjam Section Head, on Sunday (5/ said, without the existence of this antigens serum, his side could not ascertain the virus kind that attacked dozens of cattle in Harmonious that whether embrana or the other illness.
"BPPV Banjarbaru in fact for a long time has ordered this antigens serum to BPPV Denpasar, that was the area from the virus expansion jembrana this, but up to now this order never comes, finally the sample" of "meat that it was suspected contained the virus that was sent there," he said.
According to him, the research to confirm whether dozens of cattle that suddenly lost appetite, his body was limp, his mouth always issued the saliva and went out this blood sweat was cattle plague or not, needed a long time, minimal more than one week.

Was waiting for the process of this research, he added, cattle from Harmonious better be isolated might not outside to the other area, so that other cattle that still were healthy are not attacked.
Maskamian claimed surprised, why the illness that had the clinical characteristics like jembrana this still attacked cattle in South Kalimantan, in fact since several last year, his side stopped the sending of cattle from Denpasar.
According to him, in 2006, the case of the Jembrana attack was found in the Harmonious Regency, Kotabaru and the Bumbu Land, it was estimated in 2007 this will not be still was found by the case of the illness that selelu became the spectre for this farmer, the fact is the incident was repeated in Harmonious.
Kadisnak suspected, the virus expansion jembrana in South Kalimantan at this time because, because of enough mobility congestion of the Banjarmasin resident to Denpasar, so as to not close the possibility of this virus was brought through several of the resident's loads.

Beforehand, dozens of tails of cattle were sold by his owner with the cheap price because of being sick and the condition for the livestock that continued to descend.
Initially cattle not all that appetite, afterwards was followed by the temperature of the body rose through to 39 levels celcius (the fever).
Further, the groin foot the swelling, mencret, the tongue of wounds (the thrush) and went out the saliva was abundant.
This was the clinical characteristics of the Jembrana attack.
According to Maskamian, cattle that were attacked by Jembrana could be still being consumed provided that is boiled in water that boiled with the minimal temperature 100 levels celcius
http://www.indomedia.com/bpost/082007/6/kalsel/lbm1.htm
 
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08/14/07 00:17

Poultry within one kilometer radius culled

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Healthcare officials in Bali began culling poultry within a radius of one kilometer from the house of Ni Luh Putu Sri Windiani (29) who died of birdflu here on Sunday.

"The area within a radius of one kilometer from the village of Dangin Tukad Arya in the district of Jembrana, 80 kilometers west of Denpasar, must later be cleared of poultry," the head of animal health of the province`s livestock service, Ketut Suarda, said here on Monday.

He said the people had agreed to destroy all poultry to prevent the case from spreading.

"For the past two days 538 poultry of various species have already been destroyed," he said. He said the culling would still continue in the next few days.

He said healthcare personnel had used air rifles to kill the birds because it was very difficult to catch them.

He said besides culling the health service also sprayed the people`s houses with a disinfectant and called on the people not to raise any poultry in the next two months.

Ni Luh`s death of the virus was the first on the tourist island bringing the number of birdflu deaths in the country to 82.(*)

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/8/14/poultry-within-one-kilometer-radius-culled/
 
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3000 quails culled, positive BF, ¨Palu City, Sulawesi

Hundreds of chickens too

Metrotvnews. com, palu : neighbourhood of 3.000 ekor puyuh bird in lasoani kelurahan, city palu, middle Celebes, tuesday (14 / 8) kemarin sore confiscated by dinas petugas peternakan local. Annihilation done with disembelih and plan ago later burnt in pit that measures old.

The antisipasi move done followed for three days last puluhan ekor puyuh bird belong to local waraga ditemukan die sudden. According to dinas petugas peternakan, after diteliti bird a number of that ditemukan die sudden the terjangkit positive flu bird.

Before case this, hundreds ekor chicken in three kecamatan in the city palu also stated positive flu bird and later confiscated.

City governing palu this seconds expressed siaga status a to flu bird.

http://www.metrotvnews.com/mobile/aktual_detail.asp?id=43921
 
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Indonesia ignores WHO to stock pile anti-bird flu vaccine

August 15, 2007


Indonesia ignored the suggestion of the World Health Organization (WHO) to stock pile its anti-bird flu vaccines, and insisted to use the vaccines after September due to the rise of fatality caused by avian influenza virus in the country, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said here Wednesday.

The WHO wants Indonesia to keep the vaccine and to use them when a pandemic occur.

Minister Supari said that the vaccines would be used after all clinical trials were complete in September.

"We will use the vaccine after September, (as) in September all clinical test finishes," she said.

The number of fatality from the virus has risen to 82 out of 103 cases in Indonesia, the hardest-hit, prompting the health authorities to take stern measures.

The virus has spread to the country's tourist industry center with a death of a woman by the virus on Sunday.

Regarding to the WHO's suggestion, the minister said: "we do not need its (WHO) approval. They have no right to reject."

Minister Supari said that she wanted to discuss the implementation of the vaccination with experts soon.

The minister has said Indonesia in collaboration with the U.S. based drug maker Baxter had already produced two million doses anti bird flu vaccine for human.

The head of research center for anti-bird flu vaccine of the ministry Triono Soendoro said the reason of not meet the WHO suggestion to stock pile the vaccine was because it would take times to use material from stock piling to become vaccine.

"From stock piling to become vaccine, it takes about two months, while the pandemic already occur. That makes us have the idea of vaccination to protect people," he said.

Besides, he noted that the number of cases kept rising in the avian influenza worst-hit country.

Huge territory, traditional way of rising chickens on back yard and lack of obedience of provincial administration in implementing the Jakarta decision to stop the virus spread, are among the obstacles in fighting the bird flu in the country.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6240451.html
 
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16/08/2007 18:34 of Flu Burungthe Village Tukad will be sterilised from H5N1Liputan6.com, Jembrana: the Dangin Tukad Aya Settlement, Jembrana, Bali will be sterilised from the bird flu virus.Spraying disinfektan will be carried out each three days very much till three months in the future or until freest from the virus H5N1.Spraying was focussed on places that were directly totouching with the poultry like the pen and the page of the place house of the wandering chicken.According to the Pertanian Service side and local Livestock Breeding, the sterilisation was meant to kill the virus H5N1 that was not detected to the poultry.This step to anticipate had the resident that terjangkit bird flu again.Because of beforehand the resident Dangin Tukad Aya named Ni Luh Putu Sri Widiantari, died it was suspected resulting from the bird flu virus [read: casualties Suspect Flu Burung Meninggal].(JUM/Aries Wicaksono)
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Hundreds Of chickens in Bali Divaksin Liputan6.com, Denpasar: To prevent the entry of the bird flu virus, the Balinese Livestock Breeding Service carried out the vaccination to hundreds of chickens.
Spraying and the vaccination took place in perumahaan the Anyar Ubung Jewel, Kota Denpasar, Bali, just recently.
Each chicken disuntik the liquid medivac as poultry antibodies.
In the meantime, the extermination of the chicken in the Dangin Tukad Jaya Village, Jembrana, Bali, continued to take place.
Chickens that died were shot was burnt in tung I insenerator help of the organisation of Australian food.
The extermination was carried out because in two villagers was killed resulting from bird flu [read: the Chicken in Jembrana Ditembak].
Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari explained the Department of the Health prepared 2 million doses of the bird flu vaccine for humankind to deal with the case of bird flu in Indonesia.
However at this time this vaccine still in the clinical test that it was estimated will be finished late this coming September.
(TOZ/Tim of Coverage 6 SCTV:tiphat:
http://www.liputan6.com/news/?id=146136&c_id=7
 
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Hat-tip dbg for this dictionary-translation from Indonesian!

17/08/2007 14:52 WIB
WHO Requests Sample Bird Flu Virus From Bali
Luhur Hertanto - detikcom

Jakarta - Attack of bird flu in Bali that result in victim be killed attract attention of WHO. Health organization UN request Health Dept. prioritize delivery of virus sample of victim to Atlanta, US.

"That we send to Atlanta WHO lab sample from Bali. They are very interested because Bali is world tourism destination," said Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari.

Minister of Health relay that matter to journalist that stopped her before follow along with HUT ceremony 62nd RI at Free Castle, North Jala Medan Merdeka, Jakarta, Friday (17/8/2007).

RI Health Dept. already also (or again?) fill request urgent from WHO. Because government also very interested so that WHO there is official declaration that source of virus infection kill that of domestic animal in the same manner as result of Litbangkes[?].

"Our lab result, that virus is not human to human. But animal to human," he said.

Furthermore, Minister of Health add, virus sample from other area also will be sent to WHO, including from Tangerang that represent newest case.

WHO already give guarantee that usage sample from Indonesia for pure research need. Will not commercialize to pharmacy industry like previous incident.

"Already there is assement[?] thus of chief delegation WHO here," he added.

http://detiknews.com/index.php/deti...8/tgl/17/time/145227/idnews/818494/idkanal/10
 
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Indonesia, Japan to cooperate on bird flu vaccine

Indonesia has offered to cooperate with Japan in developing a human bird flu vaccine, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Yudhoyono said the pair had "agreed on cooperation in dealing with avian influenza" during talks in the Indonesian capital.

"I have offered Prime Minister Abe bilateral cooperation in developing a human vaccine based on the Indonesian strain of the virus, for the sake of our welfare and the global interest," he said. :rolleyes:

Abe said Tokyo had decided to provide 1.7 billion yen (14.8 million dollars) in aid to help fight avian influenza.

Indonesia is the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus and has reported 104 confirmed bird flu cases, with 83 deaths.

Jakarta has been rapped by the UN's World Health Organisation for failing to share its samples with the rest of the world, saying it will not formally hand more over until is guaranteed access to affordable medicines to treat victims.

Despite Indonesia's position however, a sample of the virus that killed a woman on Bali last week was sent to a WHO laboratory to allay fears that it has mutated into a form that can be transmitted between humans.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2007082...9&printer=1;_ylt=Ask3qZCEUsK_xg0f5hP8.vWKOrgF
 
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08/20/07

Bird flu in Palu spreads to Donggala, Central Sulawesi

Palu, Central Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Despite health authorities` efforts to contain a two-week-old bird flu outbreak in Palu, Central Sulawesi`s provincial capital, the virus proves to have spread to neighboring Donggala district, a local official said.

The provincial administration had conducted a number of measures to prevent the virus from spreading to other areas, Greesje Kuhu, head of veterinarian health affairs at South Sulawesi`s agricultural, plantation and animal husbandry office, said here on Monday.

A total of 208 chickens were found dead in Palu recently. Rapid tests were conducted to find out the cause of the sudden deaths and the results of the tests showed that 29 chickens had died of bird flu (Avian Influenza) virus or H5N1.

In Dolo subdistrict, Donggala District, two chickens died of bird flu on Sunday (Aug. 19).

The local authorities carried out insecticide sprayings in areas infected with the virus and imposed restrictions on the transportation of chickens into and out of Palu.

"If chicken transportation is supervised tightly, it won`t spread to the neighboring district (Donggala)," he said.

The first bird flu case in Palu was detected two weeks ago. Three out of four sub districts in Palu are currently infected with the virus.

More than 3,000 chickens were culled in Palu in order to contain the deadly disease. Palu municipal authorities have establish rapid response teams in every neighborhood to check the spread of the disease.

Meanwhile, in an effort to control the H5N1 virus, which experts fear could spark a lethal global human pandemic, FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) has helped to train teams of local veterinarians and para-veterinarians in participatory disease surveillance and response (PDS/R) techniques in Indonesia.

"Almost four years after the first outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Indonesia and more than 80 human deaths, there is still an urgent need for community members to be involved in the detection and reporting of sick and dead poultry," the agency said in an update published last July 2007.(*)

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/8/20/bird-flu-in-palu-spreads-to-donggala-central-sulawesi/
 
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