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RI's bird flu death toll reaches more than 100
January 30, 2008
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Three people have died over the past three days from bird flu, bringing the country's death toll to more than half of the world's recorded bird flu fatalities.
As many as 101 Indonesians have died from the disease.
Jakarta has been hardest hit by bird flu, with 25 deaths and 29 reported cases.
The latest case involved a 31-year-old Duren Sawit resident, identified as N, who died in Persahabatan Hospital, East Jakarta, on Tuesday, Jakarta Health Agency said.
A man from Cakung, East Jakarta, and a nine-year-old boy from Depok, died earlier Sunday after being treated for three days at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital in North Jakarta.
At least one bird flu patient, a 32-year-old man from Tangerang, was still under intensive care in Persahabatan Hospital on Tuesday.
Recent cases have prompted city administration to intensify poultry traffic monitoring in and out of Jakarta.
"I have asked the city Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Agency, its subdivisions, municipality offices, neighborhood and community units to intensify their cooperation to fight bird flu," Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said.
Fauzi has denied claims the city was not doing enough to prevent bird flu deaths. He said the administration was continuing to certify poultry.
Bird flu first hit Indonesia in late 2003 and has subsequently seen hospitalized 125 people nationally.
The archipelago continues to be the world's worst affected nation from the H5N1 virus strain.
All infected people in the country have reportedly caught the disease through poultry, although fear of human-to-human contraction still lingers.
Earlier in January, the World Health Organization issued a statement confirming such reports in Pakistan.
Tjandra Yoga, a bird flu expert, said Indonesia had yet to see such a case.
"To classify a human-to-human contraction, there has to be a sustained transmission, which means that a person has to catch the disease without being in contact with poultry ... ," Yoga said.
"So far, there has been no such case in this country."
The city had attempted to curb bird flu in the past by a mass culling of poultry in January 2007 and by issuing bylaws controlling poultry farming, distribution and possession. (anw)
RI's bird flu death toll reaches more than 100
January 30, 2008
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Three people have died over the past three days from bird flu, bringing the country's death toll to more than half of the world's recorded bird flu fatalities.
As many as 101 Indonesians have died from the disease.
Jakarta has been hardest hit by bird flu, with 25 deaths and 29 reported cases.
The latest case involved a 31-year-old Duren Sawit resident, identified as N, who died in Persahabatan Hospital, East Jakarta, on Tuesday, Jakarta Health Agency said.
A man from Cakung, East Jakarta, and a nine-year-old boy from Depok, died earlier Sunday after being treated for three days at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital in North Jakarta.
At least one bird flu patient, a 32-year-old man from Tangerang, was still under intensive care in Persahabatan Hospital on Tuesday.
Recent cases have prompted city administration to intensify poultry traffic monitoring in and out of Jakarta.
"I have asked the city Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Agency, its subdivisions, municipality offices, neighborhood and community units to intensify their cooperation to fight bird flu," Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said.
Fauzi has denied claims the city was not doing enough to prevent bird flu deaths. He said the administration was continuing to certify poultry.
Bird flu first hit Indonesia in late 2003 and has subsequently seen hospitalized 125 people nationally.
The archipelago continues to be the world's worst affected nation from the H5N1 virus strain.
All infected people in the country have reportedly caught the disease through poultry, although fear of human-to-human contraction still lingers.
Earlier in January, the World Health Organization issued a statement confirming such reports in Pakistan.
Tjandra Yoga, a bird flu expert, said Indonesia had yet to see such a case.
"To classify a human-to-human contraction, there has to be a sustained transmission, which means that a person has to catch the disease without being in contact with poultry ... ," Yoga said.
"So far, there has been no such case in this country."
The city had attempted to curb bird flu in the past by a mass culling of poultry in January 2007 and by issuing bylaws controlling poultry farming, distribution and possession. (anw)
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