Re: INDONESIA - Garut Cluster Part II
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The case of the assumption of bird flu in Garut, West Java, continued to improve, on Monday (21/8).
A citizen of the Village of the Stake Mountain, the Cigadog Village, of Cikelet, currently is treated in the Pameungpeuk Community Health Centre because of showing the sign was similar avian influenza.
He was brought to puskemas late last week after complaining the fever, had a headache, and breathless.
The community health centre side expected Gilang terjangkit bird flu because of having the story of contact with the poultry.
Moreover, many poultries around the Gilang house that died suddenly.
Up to now the class student of two junior secondary schools is still being seen limp and only could lie.
He was also installed by the infusion.
Gilang was the 12th bird flu patient from Cikelet.
Three other people were from the village that was different in the subdistrict stated positive suffered this deadly illness.
They were Euis Lina and Siti Fatimah -- both of them have died -- and Umar that still was continuing to receive the supervision of the government.
To ascertain the Gilang illness, the side of the local Health of the Department's Research And Development took the sample of blood and his saliva.
The taking of the sample of blood was also carried out against the family of Euis Lina in the Gambir Sand Village, the Cigadog Village.
They who were taken the sample of his blood was the husband Lina, Dadan, and his two children.
Currently, the three of them often the cough.
In the meantime, the Umar condition currently increasingly improved.
These Cikelet villagers could beraktivitas as usual after getting the maintenance of his parents.
Umar has also gone out the house and played together his friends.
Did not appear again the fear and the concern although beforehand he was stated positive bird flu.
The family refused when Umar was returned to the hospital.
During in the house, Umar only received the maintenance traditionally.
Results of the last laboratory inspection indicated Umar personally the bird flu negative.
That was justified by I Nyoman Kandun, Pengendalian Breakingprep Penyakit Director General and Department of Health environmental Sanitation.
Although Umar was stated recovered, the local community continued to be asked to be on the alert following had the citizen around that was run off with to the hospital because the sign was similar to bird flu.
Moreover beforehand a citizen died because of being suspected of being affected by this deadly virus.
The case of bird flu also made name noise of the Cikelet Village.
Already two name weeks of this village entered the media's national discussions.
In fact this village only a region was isolated that possibly beforehand almost had not canned be heard reportedly.
The road that was not yet touched asphalt became the Cikelet marker not too many tasted the development.
The quality of means the bad road caused the distance from Garut to need time three to four hours.
For most local communities, lived with the poultry not something that strange.
Maintained the nonpedigreed chicken almost was done by all the head of household.
Indeed, the level of the cleanliness in maintained became the problem because they did not have the special pen.
The cellar became the ideal place for the place of the sheltering poultry.
However after spreading him related that the potential chicken brought bird flu.
The previous citizen was willing their poultries were destroyed.
Ironically, although the plague H5N1 has spread, not all the communities were aware of the threat and how prevented bird flu.
Still was seen by the inhabitants who maintained the chicken and without the worried feeling of holding direct contact with the poultry.
In fact the death of the chicken suddenly often happened.
(the MOTHER/the Echo Setya Budi)