83 People are Positive of AI

Jakarta, 9 February 2007, Ministry of Health - Until February 7, based on result of checking from Laboratory of National Institute of HealthResearch and Development (Balitbangkes) of Ministry of Health andNAMRU-2, number of positive avian influenza cases has added to 2cases. They are from Central Jakarta and Bantar Gebang, BandungDistrict, West Java. Therefore, until February 7, 2007, total numberof Avian Influenza positive in Indonesia reaches 83 cases, with 63 ofthem died.

That was report of Avian Influenza progress in Indonesia that receivedby Center of Public Communication and Avian Influenza Post,Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health,Ministry of Health, on Wednesday, February 7, 2007.

Two additional positive cases are Ds (M, 30 years old), lives inBantar Gebang, Bandung District. He started getting sick on January29, 2007 with symptoms: fever, cough, hard breathe and there was acontact with chicken. He went to HS hospital, Bandung on January 31,2007. Today he is still hospitalized in that hospital.

I (F, 15 yers old) lives at Bandung Street, 10 Menteng, Jakarta. Shestarted getting sick on January 31, 2007 with symptomps: fever, cough,sorethroat and there was contact with dead chicken. She went to Phospital in Jakarta on February 5, 2007. Today, she is stillhospitalized in that hospital.

Total of positive cases spreading area which infected by H5N1 to humanare: DKI Jakarta with 21 cases, 8 died, Banten with 12 cases, 10 died,West Java with 27 cases, 21 died, Central Java with 5 cases, 4 died,East Java with5 cases, 3 died, North Sumatra with 7 cases, 8 died,West Java with 2 cases (alive), Lampung with 3 cases (alive), SouthSulawesi with one case (dead).

Avian Influenza is a disease that has relatively high mortality rate.Therefore, people are supposed to be aware by applying clean andhealthy life and also keep the environment untransmittable. Thissuggestion can be done by doing: washing hand with soap especiallybefore eating, stay the chicken away from the home environment toavoid avian influenza virus transmission, and immediately go to thenearest health center and hospital if there is one of our families whogot avian influenza symptoms and consuming well cooked meat andchicken egg, not to mention reporting to RT/RW or staff of health/farming office if there is found a sudden dead chicken.

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