Sally Furniss
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Residents refuse bird flu testing
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060623.H04&irec=7
JAKARTA: Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari is gravely concerned about some North Sumatra villagers' refusal to have their blood tested for the avian flu virus after a bird flu outbreak killed seven people in the Tanah Karo regency.
"Maybe, the residents there have yet to receive proper information about bird flu," she said before attending a Cabinet meeting.
Tanah Karo residents are also refusing to let officials check their chickens for the flu, insisting there is no incidence of the disease in their area.
The government plans to cull all chickens in a one-kilometer radius in all areas testing positive for the virus. -- JP
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060623.H04&irec=7
JAKARTA: Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari is gravely concerned about some North Sumatra villagers' refusal to have their blood tested for the avian flu virus after a bird flu outbreak killed seven people in the Tanah Karo regency.
"Maybe, the residents there have yet to receive proper information about bird flu," she said before attending a Cabinet meeting.
Tanah Karo residents are also refusing to let officials check their chickens for the flu, insisting there is no incidence of the disease in their area.
The government plans to cull all chickens in a one-kilometer radius in all areas testing positive for the virus. -- JP