People`s Welfare Coordinating Minister Aburizal Bakrie said in Indonesia there have been no cases in which birdflu is transmitted from one human being to another. “What has taken place is the transmission of birdflu from fowls to human beings.” The minister reminded them of the importance to prevent the spread birdflu from fowls to human beings.
Bali must be more alert of Avian influenza spreading (AI) or more popular with name Flu bird virus. The data in the field showed that in Bali, almost all regency found the reports indicating spreading of this virus.

In Tabanan regency found case avian influenza has spreading to nine districts from all ten Tabanan districts. Temporarily, Pupuan district is the only one district in Tabanan where there was no report from people about it. IGP. Suandi, Tabanan Head on Duty breeding informed that, based on the result of rapid test has done, the case of avian influenza has improved to nine districts which initially only seven districts.

Some institution of government related to this problem anticipating the spreading of avian influenza by killing all estimable infected fowls. Based on the data, 9723 infected fowls has been destroyed, it consisted of 6447 fowls that had been killed 2 months the result of test that Tabanan regency positively found avian influenza case, the rest of the fowls killed after that.

Related to the case, Head of Public Healthy services confirm that his institution keep observing the people healthy. Tens people had been taken their blood as sample to test but there has no reported that they are positively infected avian influenza. These three patients in RSU tabanan still intensively observing but the status still in investigated not a suspect of flu bird. SA

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