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April 04, 2011 12:24 PM
Sumatra On Alert As Bird Flu Comes Back
JAKARTA, April 4 (Bernama) -- The sudden death of thousands of chickens has been reported in several cities on Sumatra Island over the past several months, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.
Local health authorities have confirmed that most of the chickens had died of bird flu or avian influenza (H5N1).
The poultry deaths due to bird flu have occurred among other things in the Sumatran provinces of West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Jambi and Bangka Belitung.
In Padang, West Sumatra, the M Jamil General Hospital had treated a total of 27 patients suspected of being infected with the bird flu virus since January 2011.
Padang is the worst-affected city in West Sumatra, as 24 of the total 27 patients are residents of the city, according to Gustavianof, a spokesman of the M Jamil Public Hospital.
"While patients from outside Padang, include one from Bukittinggi, one from Pesisir Selatan District, and another from Dharmasraya," he said in Padang, Thursday.
Up to Thursday, two patients were still undergoing intensive treatment at the hospital.
The hospital has taken blood samples from the two patients and sent them to the laboratory...
April 04, 2011 12:24 PM
Sumatra On Alert As Bird Flu Comes Back
JAKARTA, April 4 (Bernama) -- The sudden death of thousands of chickens has been reported in several cities on Sumatra Island over the past several months, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.
Local health authorities have confirmed that most of the chickens had died of bird flu or avian influenza (H5N1).
The poultry deaths due to bird flu have occurred among other things in the Sumatran provinces of West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Jambi and Bangka Belitung.
In Padang, West Sumatra, the M Jamil General Hospital had treated a total of 27 patients suspected of being infected with the bird flu virus since January 2011.
Padang is the worst-affected city in West Sumatra, as 24 of the total 27 patients are residents of the city, according to Gustavianof, a spokesman of the M Jamil Public Hospital.
"While patients from outside Padang, include one from Bukittinggi, one from Pesisir Selatan District, and another from Dharmasraya," he said in Padang, Thursday.
Up to Thursday, two patients were still undergoing intensive treatment at the hospital.
The hospital has taken blood samples from the two patients and sent them to the laboratory...