Indonesia BF - Jun 23 - Aug 10, 2006

[Theresa42]

MEDIA-INDONESIA:
Reporters Get the Bird Flu Jitters
Sonny Inbaraj

MEDAN, North Sumatra, Jun 23 (IPS) - ''I really feel strongly that the issue of health and safety of reporters covering avian flu must be addressed by the management of news organizations,'' said Daenk Haryono of the North Sumatra-based ?Harian Global' daily.

''Many times I've seen my colleagues go out to the field, not aware that they should be at least wearing face masks and gloves,'' he added. ''It seems like the editors just want our stories and couldn't give a **** about our safety,''

Haryono has every reason to worry. Two reporters have so far been admitted to hospital, suspected to be suffering from avian influenza or bird flu. The latest victim from the popular 'Tempo' daily was rushed to hospital last week when he developed high fever after covering the mass culling of chickens and the funeral of a bird flu victim in West Java.

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country has reported the world's highest number of human deaths from bird flu this year, with 51 cases to date and 39 deaths. The world total is 228 cases with 130 deaths. The lethal H5N1 virus is already endemic in birds in Indonesia.

In North Sumatra, the spectre of a deadly global flu pandemic was raised early this month when the World Health Organisation (WHO) admitted it was having difficulty identifying the source of bird flu infection in a case where seven people in the same family died.

It is Indonesia's largest cluster to date and has raised fears of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus.

?'Good reporting is essential to educate the public about the risk of outbreaks in their poultry and how to protect themselves in the eventuality of a human pandemic,'' said David Swayana of the ?Harian Waspada' daily.

?'But news organizations should make preparations to protect their reporters in the field before they are sent out to report stories on the illness,'' added the journalist at a training seminar for news reporters organized by the U.S.-based media development agency Internews and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The Brussels-based International News Safety Institute has the following guidelines for news media staff covering stories on bird flu:

- Avoid direct contact with poultry that has no apparent symptoms, as well as with sick or dead poultry and any surfaces that may have been contaminated by poultry or their faeces or secretions;

- Wash your hands thoroughly and as frequently as possible and definitely after any potential contact. You should use soap and water where possible, or waterless alcohol based hand rubs when soap is not available and hands are not visibly soiled;

- You may want to use personal protective equipment like gloves, masks, overshoes;

- You must monitor your health for 10 days after your last exposure. If you become unwell with a fever, develop a cough or have difficulty breathing you must seek medical help immediately.

But to be fair, a few large media organizations in Indonesia do have guidelines for their reporters.

?'It is compulsory for all members of the news crew when they're out reporting in the field to wear masks and gloves,'' said Fitrianti Megantara of the Jakarta-based Trans TV. ?'It's written down in black and white for us to follow,'' she said.

Trans TV cameramen, too, according to Megantara, have been instructed by their management to keep their distance from victims and are excused from filming in houses where there have been deaths.

She said her TV station's journalists are also subject to a compulsory blood test for the H5N1 virus if they had been reporting in the field for a week or more.

While face masks are deemed as standard protection gear, many journalists complained that villagers often didn't want to talk to them if they wore one.

?'It's really difficult getting interviews if I were to wear a face mask,'' said Iir Sairoh of the West Java-based ?Radio Cindelaras'. ?'I seem to scare off people with it,'' she added.

But the radio journalist revealed that not wearing a face mask, each time she conducted an interview has a traumatizing effect on her.

?'It's okay when I'm doing the interview, with the adrenalin flowing to beat the deadline. But after I've filed my piece that's when I become scared,'' she told the seminar.

?'That's when I realise that I haven't had any protection and it just plays on and on in my head that I'm going to get sick and die,'' said Sairoh, while sharing her experiences with her colleagues.

Sairoh revealed that once she had a fever after returning from a village where there was a bird flu outbreak.

?'That was very scary and I told myself that if the fever persisted for another day I would go to the nearest hospital. Fortunately it did not,'' she said. ?'Maybe I'm just a hypochondriac,'' added Sairoh, laughing it off.

Prof. Luhur Suroso, the avian influenza team head in Medan's Adam Malik hospital, had this advice for journalists at the seminar. ?'Though human-to-human transmission of avian flu still has not been confirmed scientifically, you need to take precautions while covering the issue in the field,'' he reminded them.

?'There are basic measures you can take to reduce your chances of catching and spreading the disease,'' said the chest specialist. ?'Wearing face masks and gloves should be compulsory for reporters.''

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33733

 

[Theresa42]

Indonesia 'failed in its response to bird flu'

Indonesia 'failed in its response to bird flu'

Indonesia 'failed in its response to bird flu'
By Shawn Donnan in Jakarta

Published: June 29 2006 03:00 | Last updated: June 29 2006 03:00

Indonesia's response to a fatal bird flu cluster was littered with failings, according to international experts, and would have speeded rather than slowed the global spread of the virus had it involved a pandemic strain of H5N1.

In interviews with the Financial Times, international experts and local health officials detailed a catalogue of problems in the health system's response to the seven deaths in one family over the past six weeks.

Key among those, they said, was a shortage of protective equipment [the equipment left at the airport, perhaps?] that might have led to the infection in hospital of the last family member to die and the unchecked movement in and out of hospital of patients.

The difficulties of Indonesia, which has suffered more human deaths from the virus than any other country in the past 12 months, mean it is often cited as a possible launching point for a global influenza pandemic should the H5N1 virus mutate into a form more easily transmissible among humans. In the event that did not happen with the cluster on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

But the failings uncovered in the investigation into the cluster illustrate the challenges facing Indonesia and other developing countries as the world's possible frontline against an eventual pandemic.

Part of the problem is a stalemate between Indonesia and international donors on how to fund the response to bird flu in the country.

Jakarta has asked for $900m (?494m) in grants over three years to finance a plan it submitted to an international donors conference in Beijing. But international experts argue $200m a year is far more realistic. More-over, many of the things Jakarta is asking for are things it should be prepared to pay for itself, they add.

"It's a little bit absurd. I don't know why people don't call them on this," said one expert. "What is this money going to be used for? It's going to be used to build government institutions that should be there in the first place. It's not [bird flu] specific. It's things . . . any civilised country should have."

With no laws to stop him, the father who died in the cluster checked himself out of the hospital and went into hiding even as epidemiologists were examining samples from him.

Additional reporting by Taufan Hidayat

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c78ad18e-070a-11db-81d7-0000779e2340.html

 

[Theresa42]

Compensation for poultry culling paid out to people in Simbelang village

Compensation for poultry culling paid out to people in Simbelang village

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The fund of the Poultry of Extermination Compensation Rp19 Million more was distributed
June 28, 2006

Medan (Analisa) - At least as big as Rp19.940.000 funds of the chicken of extermination compensation were distributed to heads of households's 18 from the Simbelang Fortification Village that destroyed his chicken in a manner spontaneity mid May 2006, as a result of spreading him the bird flu virus that claimed seven fatalities in the village.

The distribution of the compensation fund that gave precedence to the fund from the Regent the Karo DD Sinulingga Land, was distributed through the Sub-district Head's Office three bows, on Tuesday 27/6.

The surrender of the compensation fund as big as Rp19.940.000 to 18 the citizen's heads of households of the Simbelang Fortification that was distributed that has been in accordance with results of the agreement of the meeting between the citizen and the government side, who were attended by the Regent the Karo DD Sinulingga Land, Kadis North Sumatran Province Livestock Breeding A the Siregar Uterus, Kadis the Health of the North Sumatran Province Dr Hj Fatni Sulani DTM&H MSi that was spread out on Saturday 24/6 in the Regional Government office the Karo Land.

For the time being waited for the compensation fund to descend from the centre, the Regent the Karo Land was prepared to give precedence to his fund for payment of the poultry of extermination compensation belonging to the citizen who was dominated by the nonpedigreed chicken.

"That was done because the regent Karo felt concerned at the same time the salute with the Simbelang attitude of the Fortification community that spontaneously destroyed his chicken like that learned information of one of the casualties Fuji Ginting has been infected by bird flu," was like this it was said Kasubbid Information and the Reporting of Pemprovsu Ernita got up SE when being contacted by the Analysis, on Tuesday 27/6 through his cellular phone.

Said by Ernita again, the surrender of the compensation fund simply was the form of the appreciation of the upper government of the attitude of the community's spontaneity helped the government in severing the spreading link of the virus Avian influenza (AI).

"Gubsu also really appreciated the attitude the spontaneous community carried out the extermination of the chicken," said Ernita that also joined in in the meeting.

http://analisadaily.com/2006/Juni/28/1-10.htm

 

[Theresa42]

10 households in Simbelang reportedly culled their poultry when Fuji Ginting died

10 households in Simbelang reportedly culled their poultry when Fuji Ginting died

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The Regent's information Karo 10 heads of households destroyed the Poultry
Gubsu Instruct Kadis the Health and North Sumatran Livestock Breeding investigated the Case of Bird Flu in Karo
June 24, 2006

Gubsu Drs Rudolf M. Pardede instructed Kadis the Health and Kadis North Sumatran Livestock Breeding to investigate the case of bird flu in the Simbelang Fortification Village, three bows, the Karo Regency.

Because, was based on the report from the Regent Karo that was received by North Sumatran Governor Rudolf M Pardede, on Friday (23/6), totalling 10 (heads of households) villagers the Simbelang Fortification destroyed the chicken livestock or the poultry spontaneously that it was suspected was infected by the bird flu virus (AI) post the death eight villagers.

"I just could the report from the Regent Karo, that during the discovery suspect the assumption of bird flu in the Simbelang Fortification Village post the Fuji Ginting death, spontaneously 10 heads of households including the family of villagers's casualties destroyed his chicken livestock. And I just knew the information this morning (on Friday)," said Gubsu to the reporter.

Beforehand, Gubsu carried out the meeting of the continuation with the Regent Karo DD Sinulingga and the Section Head the North Sumatran Health Dr Hj Fatni Sulani as well as Kadis North Sumatran Livestock Breeding A the Siregar Uterus in order to follows up the case of bird flu in Karo.

To Kadis the Health and Kadis North Sumatran Livestock Breeding, Gubsu instructed to research how the extermination that was carried out by 10 heads of households. Including getting information, when being destroyed and how many poultries that was destroyed.

Because according to Gubsu, was not closed the possibility had the positive poultry bird flu at the time of the extermination of the poultry that was done spontaneously that.

"This indication enabled, because of being based on results of the inspection that was done in a 'marathon' manner by the team, was not yet found the positive poultry bird flu in the Karo regency," he said.

This data will eventually be reported to the government of the centre to be discussed further was connected with the extermination of the poultry in the Karo Regency. Because, to do the extermination of the poultry in the Karo Regency, could not be done recklessly, but must be supported by the accurate and objective data.

Today, on Saturday (24/6) ranks and the North Sumatran Livestock Breeding Service of the Health Service descended to the Karo Regency to do the further research concerning the extermination of the poultry/the chicken that was carried out by villagers's 10 heads of households the Simbelang Fortification.

Including the extermination method and the number of poultries Including the extermination method and the number of poultries that were destroyed. These results eventually it was hoped will produce positive results.

NOT DILAPORKAN

In the meantime was received by information, that the extermination of the poultry or the chicken that was done spontaneously by 10 heads of households including casualties's family after the Fuji Ginting death, was not reported Kadis the Health and North Sumatran Livestock Breeding to Gubsu.

In fact, long before, when casualties suspect bird flu was named Fuji Ginting meningal the world, the extermination of the poultry was in a mass fashion carried out by the citizen of the Simbelang Fortification.

This was done by the citizen after getting the report from the doctor who could treat Fuji Ginting, that casualties were it was suspected infected by the bird flu virus.

Heard the doctor's information, 10 heads of households including casualties's family destroyed his chicken spontaneously to prevent expanded him the spreading of the virus H5N1.

Moreover information that was received by the reporter in the Gubsu office, the mass extermination of this poultry has been known by Kadis the Health and North Sumatran Livestock Breeding, but was not reported to the superior.

http://analisadaily.com/2006/Juni/25/1-12.htm

 

[Theresa42]

Indonesia bird flu poultry death rate rises

Indonesia bird flu poultry death rate rises

Indonesia bird flu poultry death rate rises
Thu Jul 6, 2006 6:48 PM IST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The poultry death rate from the H5N1 avian flu virus in Indonesia, the country with the most human bird flu deaths this year, is worsening, possibly due to poor vaccination coverage, a senior government official said on Thursday.

Mathur Riady, director-general of livestock production at the agriculture ministry, said one million fowl, half of them quail, died of bird flu in the first three months of 2006.

In 2005, deaths for the year as a whole were 1.2 million.

"Based on the data, there is a tendency of a rise in bird flu-related deaths in poultry. It may be caused by low vaccination coverage, particularly in small farms and backyard chickens," Riady told reporters.

"But it may also be because the reporting system on poultry deaths is getting better."

The rise in poultry deaths caused by bird flu could increase international concern over Indonesia's effort to combat the virus, which according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) has killed 131 people across the globe since 2003.

In Indonesia, 40 people have died from the virus, endemic in poultry in nearly all the country's 33 provinces.

The government has so far shied away from mass culling, citing lack of funds and impracticality, with vaccination a preferred method to prevent the spread of bird flu among poultry.

Animal health experts say the large number of backyard farms and lack of resources are major impediments for effective vaccination in Indonesia, a sprawling country of 17,000 islands stretching across 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles).

It is common for households in the country to keep a handful of chickens in their yards for personal consumption or extra revenue. The National Commission of Avian Flu Control and Preparedness estimates there are around 300 million such backyard chickens.

Riady said the agriculture ministry is holding a tender to buy 50 million vials of bird flu vaccine.

"The government has around 100 million vials but they are running out, so we are looking for addition of 50 million vials," he said.

The government will also expand door-to-door checks on poultry and birds -- which currently focus on the main island of Java -- to Sumatra and Bali, Riady said without elaborating.

http://in.today.reuters.com/news/ne...R_RTRJONC_0_India-258456-1.xml&archived=False

 

[Jeremy]

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

The government will also expand door-to-door checks on poultry and birds -- which currently focus on the main island of Java -- to Sumatra and Bali, Riady said without elaborating.

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I am not sure this is such a great idea.

I mean if they expand their monitoring they are only going to find more cases.

 

[Theresa42]

Hundreds of chickens Ciomas died Mendadak

Hundreds of chickens Ciomas died Mendadak

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Hundreds of chickens Ciomas died Mendadak
July 6, 2006

Serang: was expected by stress resulting from the difference of the temperature of air day and night the drastic day, hundreds of livestock chickens in the Ciomas Subdistrict, Serang, Banten, died suddenly. The breeders hoped the agricultural Service immediately vaccinated the poultry to avoid the possibility of the spread of the bird flu virus.

http://www.liputan6.com/view/12,125386,1,0,1152219267.html

 

[Sharpe]

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

It makes sense now why I've barely ever seen reports out of Banten, if this is what they normally say--about the weather killing their chickens.

 

[Theresa42]

Concerns about ducks in Indonesia...

Concerns about ducks in Indonesia...

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The DUCK must be MORE guarded against as the BEARER the BURUNG FLU VIRUS
July 12, 2006

Jakarta (Antara News) - Had the conclusion resemblance from results of field work that was carried out by the expert IPB, UGM, Unair, Unud and the Veteriner Research Hall that headed that the water poultry like the duck, the duck and the goose more must be guarded against compared to the chicken as the virus bearer Avian influenza (AI) or bird flu.

"There was the indication to the water poultry than to the chicken kind as reservoir (the virus bearer) that must be guarded against," said Komisi Nasional Flu Burung Vice Chairman, drh Tri Satya P Naipospos Phd in the National PHDI Dialogue in Jakarta, on Tuesday.

The duck, the duck or the goose must be more guarded against because although being affected by the AI virus, the water poultry did not show the sign, as in the case of the chicken, moreover, he continued, this water poultry was freer his life and bermobilitas higher, he said.

He stressed, as far as this is concerned did not have the jump of the virus that came from the duck or the poultry kind direct other water to humankind, but as the intermediary, the water poultry terindikasi to penular the virus more previously to the chicken, just afterwards to humankind as well as more played a role in his spreading.

In Vietnam, he said, referred in results of the research that in areas of the duck was focussed related the season of the rice harvest, there happened cases of bird flu, made the duck more often was combatted than the chicken.

The "chicken as in the case of humankind, it was considered only was casualties," he said.

From results of the analysis phylogenetik, continued he, could be stated that all the virus H5N1 good from Indonesia and Vietnam came from one introduction time, and very possibly from the domestic poultry in China south.

Further, endemisitas from the virus that took place continued to produce the formation of the geographical group was different for each one sublineage Indonesia and Vietnam.

H5N1 in a persisten manner also lived in his place of birth in China south, to for almost 10 years and in an occurring manner was introduced to the neighbouring country like Vietnam but also the far country like Indonesia.

http://www.antara.co.id/seenws/?id=37830

 

[Theresa42]

Dozens of chickens died suddenly in Palu, Sulawesi / tested being done

Dozens of chickens died suddenly in Palu, Sulawesi / tested being done

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Dozens of tails of the Chicken died Suddenly in Palu
July 12, 2006

Photo caption: Without being known by his cause, 20 chickens belonging to Kaisamah, the Palu citizen South, Palu, Sulteng, died suddenly. Officially Agriculture and local Forestry took the sample of the poultry that died to be researched.

Liputan6.com, Palu: Twenty chickens belonging to Kaisamah, the Palu citizen South, Palu, Central Sulawesi, died suddenly without being known by his cause, on Tuesday (11/7). Worried terjangkit bird flu, Kaisamah buried the chicken carcass that was burnt. Currently the chicken coop belonging to this man is empty. Officially Agriculture and local Forestry took the sample of the poultry that died to be researched.

Exactly one extraordinary incident year bird flu in Indonesia. More than 35 positive citizens terjangkit this deadly virus. More than 25 casualties including dying. The last case of the positive patient H5N1 was Astri Agustina, the citizen Cibogo, Cisauk, Tangerang, Banten. The Department's research and development of the Health ascertained all the closest person of the child four years the bird flu negative [read: Other, casualties died Bird Flu in Tangerang].

http://www.liputan6.com/view/7,125673,1,0,1152760384.html

 

[Theresa42]

Chicken sole bird flu source: Expert

Chicken sole bird flu source: Expert

Chicken sole bird flu source: Expert
Tb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
July 14, 2006

Saying chickens are the only known source of bird flu infection in Indonesia so far, animal health experts Thursday urged the government to focus more on combating H5N1 among poultry.

Longtime veterinarian and physician Mangku Sitepoe said although veterinarians had found H5N1 in wild fowls, pigs, flies, birds and water, the source of all human infections in the country thus far had been chickens. [Dunno how he knows this??]

"After compiling and studying research done by veterinarians throughout the country, it is only sick chickens that have been able to transmit the virus to humans so far," he said.

Charles Rangga Tabbu of Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) supported Mangku's analysis, saying H5N1 in other animals had not yet mutated into a form that infects humans.

He argued the fight against bird flu should focus on reducing the virus' circulation among chickens. He urged the government to invest more human and financial resources in the animal health sector to stop the disease before it "spills over" to other species.

"The infection of other animal species should be halted as best we can," he said.

Experts believe some animals, such as pigs, could function as a so-called "mixing vessel", allowing H5N1 to mutate into a form that more readily infects humans.

Mangku also believes that the highly pathogenic virus might have already mutated into forms that are more easily transmissible within certain groups of humans.

"The virus has been circulating for some period of time here, it must have been changing into other forms," he said at a national veterinary congress here Thursday.

"I wonder why the Health Ministry is still denying it, while the World Health Organization has admitted it is possible," said the expert on animal-to-human diseases, who is also a member of the National Commission on Bird Flu.

Late last month the WHO stated that its investigation into a cluster of bird flu cases in North Sumatra, where the virus killed seven members of a single family in May, showed that H5N1 had probably passed between family members there but had not evolved into a more widely transmissible form.

The Health Ministry has consistently rejected the statement, saying that the virus transmission is still in the animal-to-human phase.

However, Mangku could not explain why, if the virus had mutated, it could only pass between blood relatives.

"I guess there is something related with genetics, but we ought to do some research on that," he said.

Charles, however, insisted that the virus had not mutated into a form that could more easily pass from human to human.

"What I do know is that the disease has become endemic among chickens raised on small farms and in backyards," said the dean of the UGM Veterinary School.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060714.H06&irec=5

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

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Five Fast causes the Death of the Bird Flu Sufferer
July 15, 2006

Although control efforts of bird flu or avian influenza (AI) incessant was done by the government, but the number of casualties died continued to improve. According to the Chairman of the Department of Indonesian Medical Treatment of University Respiratory Disease, Hadiarto Mangunnegoro, fast him the deadline of death time that struck the bird flu patient was caused by five main matters.

The first cause, the virus H5N1 this had the pathogenic power was high enough in a sense to be able to develop fertile, changed himself from the small form became big, and moved the place (the mutation) from the poultry body to humankind. "They the agile virus," firm Hadiarto on Friday.

Moreover, the virus H5N1 also had resistance that very strong against antivirus certain. Was based on results laboraturium WHO Hong Kong, in fact was 2 antivirus that was recommended to turn off H5N1, namely Tamiflu and Adamantine.

But, the virus H5N1 succeeded in developing his resistance against Adamantine, so as antivirus this one still could not react to turn off H5N1. "Tamiflu now becomes the only one antivirus that could keep the reaction from H5N1 to breeding," said Sonja D. Olsen, Penggerak Breakingprep Program Penanggulangan Breakingprep Infeksi AI Director, Center for Disease Control (CDC) Taiwan.

Secondly, according to Hadiarto, the community's Indonesian majority still regarded small the problem in the clinical sign of this illness or could be said often was gotten by the delay of the early detection towards the clinical sign.

"MAsih many that considered the sign of bird flu, even them unimportant still assumed if hot high and breathless that was the sign of normal flu or was sick the throat," he revealed.

Thirdly, Hadiarto said, if the detection has breakingprep early been late, then that happened furthermore, diagnosis efforts by the medical staff then went along late. "Most patients that was brought to the hospital or reconciliation already in the chronic situation, so as his diagnosis was then not optimal," he stated.

Fourthly, in several areas of the big possibility of happening the delay in the matter of the distribution antivirus Tamiflu. "Necessarily local health services worked with other government apparatus, coordinated to distribute antivirus this to his patients in the regional hospital to the early prevention happen," he stressed.

Fifthly, according to Hadiarto, the medical management that inexact. Must have the element support of capable human resources and competent at handling the deadly illness of this kind.

The last data from laboraturium WHO in Hong Kong mentioned, as far as this is concerned still was gotten by 52 cases of bird flu in Indonesia, and 40 including dying. Whereas for the case cluster, Indonesia occupied the most second place after Vietnam, namely 7 cases cluster the family.

http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/nasional/2006/07/15/brk,20060715-80185,id.htmlh

 

[Mingus]

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record e-mail
bulletin service

DISEASE OUTBREAK NEWS Item(s)published on the World Wide Web

http://www.who.int/csr/don

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Avian influenza - situation in Indonesia - update 23


20 July 2006

The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 54th
case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 44-year-old man from East
Jakarta, Jakarta Province. He developed symptoms on 24 June, was
hospitalized on 10 July, and died on 12 July.

The case may have acquired the infection from poultry around his home
and animal health authorities have taken samples for testing. Another
potential source of infection was a local wet market, which he regularly
visited during the course of his work as the owner of a food stall.

Of the 54 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 42 have been fatal.
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[Theresa42]

Poultry die of bf in 3 districts of Bandung

Poultry die of bf in 3 districts of Bandung

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The Positive poultry Bird Flu, three districts Diisolasi
Tim's Service of Form Agriculture Especially
August 1, 2006

BANDUNG, (PR). -

Three districts in the Bandung City, namely Kel. Margasenang, Cigadung, and Sukagalih, was isolated from the route in the poultry of the trade traffic, because in the territory was found by the case of the positive poultry terjangkit the bird flu virus (avian influenza/AI), late last week.

As many as 66 tails of the poultry died in time almost simultaneously in 13 points in Kel. Margasenang. In Kel. Cigadung, 44 tails in five points died suddenly. Now in Kel. Cigadung, the number of poultries that died totalling 40 tails.

Was based on the blood test to the poultry, results showed positive. All these poultries were at once destroyed. However, his owners did not get money for compensation.

The section head Bandung City Agriculture Ir. the Yogi Supardjo said, the territory that was found by the positive case of bird flu in three districts was isolated in a radius of 1 km.

?Unggas available around it divaksin repeated and didepopulasi,? he said, in the appointment agenda of rehabilitation of the dirty house in Kel. Jamika Kec. Bojongloa Kaler, on Monday (31/7).

The form of the team khusus

Officially Bandung City Agriculture formed the special team of the seeker of the case of bird flu, apart from the team of the routine that was assigned memvaksin the poultry. The team that consisted of seven people worked four days in one week and was assigned to comb all the Bandung City territory.

?Tim especially this combed all the places in order to do not be robbed had the case without being known. Penyisiran the territory was given priority in the endemic territory, including three districts and areas of the border with the city/the regency lain,? the Yogi's words.

Named also, the minimal vaccination deadline four months. In July was second vaccination time to 100.000 thousand poultries in the Bandung City, after the first vaccination last March. Further, October-November came will be done by the third vaccination.

Last year, was aimed at by the vaccination to 90.000 poultries. ?Ternyata, in the field, the amount increased until 120.000. This year, the number of poultries will revolve about the figure itu,? the Yogi's words.

Was difficult diprediksi

The difficulty in the population's data collection and the vaccination, according to the Yogi, among them to the wild poultry.

?Penyebaran his virus also could from the wild poultry that always the migration so as to be difficult to be predicted. Therefore, the owner of the poultry must maintain the cleanliness of the animal and the pen periodically. The use of the disinfectant liquid also was enough to help the sterilisation of the poultry pen."

The poultry vaccination was aimed at was finished this year end. ?Stok the bird flu vaccine still often, from the community was wanting to bring his poultry to divaksin, so as to minimise the possibility terjangkit virus,? the Yogi's words.

http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/2006/082006/01/0201.htm

 

[Theresa42]

BF outbreak in poultry in Serang, Banten province

BF outbreak in poultry in Serang, Banten province

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Hundreds of chickens in Serang died Suddenly, Positive Bird Flu
August 5, 2006

Serang -- MIOL: Totalling 300 chickens belonging to the citizen in the Sukawana Village, the Curug Subdistrict, the Serang Regency, the Banten Province, died suddenly as a result of being attacked by the bird flu virus.

The assurance it was known followed results of the testing laborotarium that stated this poultry positive contained the virus H5N1.

The section head Agriculture and Serang Regency Livestock Breeding, Hermawan, that was contacted by the Indonesian Media, on Saturday, explained 300 chickens that died suddenly in the last week as a result of being attacked by the bird flu virus (avian influenza/AI).

"To anticipate the spreading of the AI virus, Monday next week we will destroy in a mass fashion all the poultries that was in a radius of one kilo metre from the location of the discovery of the affected poultry this bird flu," said Hermawan.

Concerning compensation to the owner of the poultry that was destroyed, of Hermawan said, each poultry that was destroyed received compensation from the regional government. However, the amount was based on the agreement and the regional government's capacity.

"At this time we were carrying out data collection of the number of poultries including the conference with the owners of the poultry about the compensation size for each poultry. If being complete all, Monday next week we will carry out the mass extermination of these poultries," he said.

Hermawan added the extermination of the affected poultry the AI virus was needed by the awareness from the community. Without the awareness of the community, the AI virus could again emerge from the deliberate poultry was hidden by the community that objected his poultry was destroyed.

"So, if in the extermination still there are those that hid his poultry, that will become superfluous." No use was destroyed by us the poultries, because of the AI virus still were gotten to the animal that was hidden that, he said.

http://www.mediaindo.co.id/berita.asp?id=107979

Banten province, Java (just across the water from Sumatra):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banten

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

toggletext-ed from Indonesian:

BPK MENYELEDIKI ABUSE of the BIRD FLU FUND
August 7, 2006

The chairman of the Inspector's Body Finance (BPK) Anwar Nasution said, to solve the case of abuse of the handling fund of bird flu, his side will co-operate with the foreign group, including among them with the United States. In the press conference that took place on Monday morning (7/8), Anwar said the case of bird flu for BPK was the new matter.

Now this, his side just sound out and studied his problem, so as to not yet have the concrete step that will be carried out by BPK. BPK will co-operate with the United States Audit Body in the case of the assumption or the possibility of abuse of the handling fund of bird flu.

http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=21828

 

[Theresa42]

Bird flu virus spreads to Papua

Bird flu virus spreads to Papua

Bird flu virus spreads to Papua
August 8, 2006

Nethy Dharma Somba and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura/Medan

The bird flu virus has now reached easternmost Papua after attacking poultry populations in Java and Sumatra in the western section of the country.

About 174 chickens are believed to have died of the H5N1 virus in Mimika regency as of July 11, while 414 others were culled due to suspected infection.

Based on a lab analysis from the Bogor Veterinary Research Center conducted on July 19, three of 37 birds tested were positive for H5N1, an official said Monday.

"Test results showed that three of the chickens contain the H5N1 virus; one of them was from SP3 Timika Jaya and two were from the traditional market," head of the Papua Husbandry Office AR Pintadewa told The Jakarta Post in Jayapura.

According to Pintadewa, officers from the Mimika Husbandry Office received a report from a farmer in Sempan village, Timika, on July 11 that his chickens were sick.

They found 40 birds with H5N1 symptoms at the farm.

Inspections of the traditional market also found many chickens with symptoms of the disease.

"The place was immediately treated with disinfectant and chickens showing clinical symptoms of infection with the virus were culled to prevent an outbreak ..."

He said most vulnerable to the virus were the Indonesian Thai game variety, known locally as ayam Bangkok, that came from outside Timika. "We are still examining where they came from. The virus can be spread by air."

To prevent the spread of the virus to other areas, Pintadewa said the Mimika regent issued a circular banning transportation of chickens out of the regency.

In Medan, North Sumatra, three children from Karo regency admitted to Adam Malik Hospital in Medan after showing bird flu symptoms are believed to have been taken home by their parents.

Hospital director Nur Rasyid said the children were not in their beds when nurses made their afternoon rounds Sunday to administer medicine.

"We don't know where the patients and their families are now. They left without notifying hospital authorities."

Rasyid said the patients' families had requested their release since last Friday, after reports they tested negative for H5N1, but doctors refused because they had yet to receive the official results from the Health Ministry.

He said the medical team wanted to continue to monitor the children's progress and prevent a relapse in their condition.

"Medically, the patients' conditions have improved considerably, but one of them still needs serious attention due to a problem in his lungs."

The two female siblings and an 18-month-old male neighbor come from the same village of Sumbul, Kabanjahe district. They were admitted to the hospital on Aug. 1, after being referred from Kabanjahe Hospital.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060808.@02&irec=1

Note - from the other day:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8864

 

[Theresa42]

"Bandung the Poultry Vaccination to prevent Bird Flu"

"Bandung the Poultry Vaccination to prevent Bird Flu"

toggletext-ed from Indonesian:

Bandung the Poultry Vaccination to prevent Bird Flu
August 9, 2006

To prevent spread him the bird flu virus, the Bandung Service of City Agriculture, West Java, on Tuesday (8/8), spread out the poultry vaccination in the Margasenang District, Ciwastra. The vaccination was in the area that entered this endemic territory carried out because several weeks ago the inhabitants's chicken died suddenly. Was based on results of the laboratory test, the chicken that died was stated positive terjangkit the deadly virus.

The SCTV monitoring, the post of the vaccination co-ordination in the Margasenang District apparently was visited the citizen in a bergelombang manner. They willingly brought his poultry was vaccinated because frightened tertular the virus H5N1. It was "frightened of bringing the illness," said Erni, that one of the citizens.

Giving of the vaccine will be carried out until the radius one kilometre from the discovery of the positive poultry terjangkit bird flu. Apart from the Margasenang District, two other districts that was stated endemic H5N1 was the Cigadung District, the Hole, and the Sukagalih District, Sukajadi.

Whereas in Denpasar, Bali, the central Public Hospital prepared six rooms of the special maintenance of the sufferer avian influenza. This action as anticipation pascaditemukan him thousands of chickens that died suddenly in the Jembrana Regency and Tabanan that were expected as a result of being infected by the virus H5N1.

The room of the RS room was designed bertekanan the negative so as sterile from various virus kinds. One room contained four bedrooms for the sufferer who was infected. The RS side also prepared the special medical team that consisted of the child's specialist doctor, the internal disease, radiology, and several other specialists who were helped by several nurses. Although never handling the bird flu patient, the team of the doctor was ready to carry out the task after getting the training in Singapore.

Today another becomes casualties of the deadly virus. It was Oki Jailina, the Tangerang citizen, Banten that was infected H5N1. The class student of three senior secondary schools died in RS Asih Tangerang, after could be treated four days because suffered hot high. During the beginning inspection, casualties suffered the inflammation of the lungs or pneumonia [read: the Family not Believe Oki Terjangkit Bird Flu].

Although being ascertained terjangkit this deadly virus, Oki was late reconciled to RS the Sulianti Saroso Infection, Jakarta North. When casualties's body was buried in the place of the funeral of the Wood forest of the public, Jakarta East, the sadness then was not checked. Siti Aisyah, the mother of casualties, could only cry for the length of the funeral procession.

http://www.liputan6.com/view/7,127143,1,0,1155074563.html

 

[Commonground]

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

Re: Indonesia BF - 06/23+

http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=21952

09/08/2006 16:02 - Umum/Headline News

Hundreds of tails of the poultry belonging to the citizen of Asih Coral, Bekasi, of West Java, on Wednesday (9/8), was destroyed following the discovery of several positive poultries terjangkit the virus H5N1.
The bird flu virus also caused a citizen of Asih Coral, Meggy Syahputra, to die.
The extermination of hundreds of poultries was carried out after the official from the Bekasi Livestock Breeding Service combed to the citizen's houses.
During so, the official was still finding several poultries died in the condition turned blue.
The extermination of the poultry was this time carried out until reaching the radius 400 metre from the location of the deceased's house Meggy, the citizen that died resulting from the bird flu virus.
This extermination to meminimalisasi spread him the bird flu virus in and around the citizen's environment.
On the other hand, the extermination of these poultries was still leaving the obstacle for the citizen of the owner of the poultry.
As you know, although being willing their kept poultry was destroyed in order to anticipate the spreading of the bird flu virus, the citizen continued to have compensation.
And indeed beforehand has been agreed to that each poultry that was destroyed will receive the replacement.
However, until the extermination was finished was done, the citizen admitted to not yet accepting the Rp fund 10 thousand per the tail like that was promised by the Government of the Bekasi Regency.
(DEN)

[I take it Meggy Syahputra is the Ms(16) teen that just passed away].

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: Two recent H5N1 deaths

Re: Two recent H5N1 deaths

H5N1 Individual Case Report
_______________________________________________________________________________________
caseid:405
Country:Indonesia
City and Region:Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java
Name:Megi Saputra
Sex:M
Age:16
Symptom onset:7/26/2006
Hospital Admission:8/4/2006
Death:8/7/2006
Outcome: D
WHO confirmed:Yes
Report Hyperlink
8/8/2006 http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_08_08a/en/
8/8/2006 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8942

_______________________________________________________________________________________
caseid:406
Country:Indonesia
City and Region:Jarkarta
Name:Oki Jae Lina
Sex:F
Age:17
Symptom onset:7/28/2006
Hospital Admission:8/4/2006
Death:8/8/2006
Outcome: D
WHO confirmed:Yes
Report Hyperlink
8/8/2006 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8942
8/9/2006 http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_08_09/en/index.html