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Date: Sun 31 Jan 2010
Source: Bird Flu Information Corner [edited]
Suspected human case of avian influenza (H5N1) virus infection in South Jakarta
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Livestock and Fishery Sub-service of South Jakarta stopped about 17
[of] 26 units trucks [transporting] chicken meat from outside
Jakarta. These 17 chicken meat trucks could not show animal health
certificates.
This action, Healthy Chicken Transport Operation (Operasi
Transportasi Ayam Sehat/OTAS), was carried out at Jl. Raya Kebayoran
Lama and Jl. Ciledug Raya. In particular in the case of Kebayoran
Lama, the trucks were carrying chicken carcass to be delivered to
traditional markets, said Chaidir Taufik an official of Livvestock
and Fishery Service of South Jakarta. The number of bird carcasses
loaded in those 26 trucks [amounted to] about 19 180 chickens and 800
ducks, [despatched] from Subang, Bogor, Serpong and Sukabumi. The
OTAS action was [undertaken] to [prevent] bird flu outbreaks in
Jakarta, in particular South Jakarta.
Chaidir also mentioned, the OTAS action was [connected with] the
death of a suspected bird flu [avian influenza (H5N1)] patient. The
victim, a resident of Jl. Pengadegan Barat V, died on 26 Jan 2010 in
Pasar Rebo hospital. It was reported that the victim had brought 4
chickens from Cibitung Tangerang [in the previous] month. One chicken
was slaughtered and then victim developed sickness in the following
days. The victim was then treated and tested positive for bird flu
[avian influenza (H5N1) virus] infection. The remaining three
chickens were sent back to Cibitung.
(The source of this report is the Indonesia local newspaper -- Pos
Kota, 29 Jan 2010
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
[Reports of human cases of avian influenza (H5N1) virus infection
published in the local media in Indonesia are rarely if ever
confirmed. According to the the WHO Table of human cases of avian
influenza (H5N1) virus infection, updated to 28 Jan 2010, no cases
have been confirmed during 2010, and only 20 throughout 2009 (see:
Official confirmation of the 2010 South Jakarta case is awaited.
A map of Java showing the location of Jakarta can be accessed at:
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Indonesia can be accessed at:
[see also:
Avian influenza, human (02): Indonesia (RI) 20100112.0145
2009
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Avian influenza, human (103): Indonesia, S. Jakarta, susp. 20090621.2279]
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Bird flu is a serious illness that affects birds. Especially chickens, That can be spread from birds to humans and that can cause death. Recently the breaking out of bird flu has taken us aback. We could never think of such kind of problem in our country. However thanks to the Almighty that it could not break out in an epidemic form because of the timely intervention of the government and people's consciousness about the matter. The cause of bird flu in our country could not be detected. It was thought that it might have been carried and spread by the imported chickens from our neighboring countries like Thailand and China. Because the breaking out of bird flu in an epidemic form has been seen in China and Thailand. Poultry farming has had a positive effect on the social economic condition in our country. It helped many rural poor women to break the chain of poverty and see better days to their lives. But the recent breaking out of bird flu has shadowed their smiling faces into gloomy ones and clouded their foreheads. It has emptied their fertile farms and turned the firms into barren hands. We have seen the hearts. However, it is heartening that our government has taken an all out efforts to give loans to the people engaged in poultry farming on easy terms to keep their income generating industry on and to bring about better days and see the gloomy faces glowing with beatific smile and keep their heads above all consuming poverty.
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