Interview with Dr C.A. Nidom

[Gert van der Hoek]

Snip from an interview with dr C.A. Nidom from Indonesia:

There is a chance that 70 percent of the people of Jakarta have the bird flu virus, so allegations have been made that the mass media is spreading this around town. Is this matter true?

These allegations were issued after research and examinations were conducted on Jakarta society. I am confident that this is the same dangerous virus, consequently I mentioned no less than 70 percent. Data was obtained from facts I found all these years in the areas of Tangerang and Jakarta.

The first facts that came this way, happened to be a big bird flu case, occurring in the year 2003 to Tangerang chickens. I also discovered the first virus that infected pigs also in Tangerang, later it infected people. That direct cluster case in Iwan Iswara was also in Tangerang. Later for several months the infection continued.

Later in March, 2006, I conducted tests against a virus that came from Tangerang, that would indicate the presence of a pocket of virus contagion that is spread between humans.

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[Giuseppe]

Re: Interview with Dr C.A. Nidom

65 million Indonesians at risk if bird flu mutates: official

Jakarta (ANTARA News) -

More than 60 million Indonesians could be infected with deadly bird flu if the virus mutates into a form transmissible between humans, an official said Friday.

Indonesia is the country worst hit by bird flu, with 107 people known to have died from the disease, 13 of them this year.

Experts fear the virus, which is usually spread from birds to humans, could mutate into a form easily transmissible between people, sparking a deadly global pandemic.

"Some 65 million people or 30 percent of the country's population will be infected if a bird flu pandemic strikes Indonesia," Bayu Krisnamurthi, head of the national committee for control of avian influenza was quoted by AFP as telling reporters.

He said the estimated figure was based on the number of fatalities from flu pandemics last century.

Krisnamurthi said Indonesia would hold an emergency drill next week on the resort island of Bali as part of preparations for any such outbreak.

"We never know when it (a pandemic) will happen. This kind of drill will enable us to cope with the situation should one day avian influenza virus mutate into a form that is easily transmitted between humans," he added.

The drill will involve about 1,000 people and Indonesia "will be the first country in the world that tests its pandemic preparedness plan in full scale," said Krisnamurthi. (*)
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http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008...nesians-at-risk-if-bird-flu-mutates-official/
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