Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Indonesia: Requesting Bird Flu Alert For Padang

Padang City
Wako Express Request JJSB Bird Flu Preparedness

Journalists Network Disaster Preparedness (JJSB) urged local governments declare bird flu alert Padang. Because in the past month, have found two dozen alleged victims who became ill (suspected bird flu) is.

"The government must immediately take action. One of the concrete efforts of this area is declared a bird flu alert," said Executive Director JJSB, John Nedy Kambang, Wednesday (9 / 3) in Padang.
John says, until recently, the government still claimed the city of Padang free from bird flu. "It's been twelve people suspect bird flu that was treated well and had thousands of chickens that died suddenly, but the mayor was just stating there is no bird flu in the city of Padang," he said.

Based on the record of West Sumatra Husbandry Department, at least 2400 birds that spread across seven districts / cities tested positive for bird flu since January to March. "The case of thousands of chickens died suddenly latest who tested positive for bird flu found at 15 dots / villages in 11 districts of Padang, a single point in Pariaman City, and one point in Padangpariaman," explained John.

In the meantime, he said, in Padang alone, there are about five districts that allegedly contaminated bird flu since late February. Namely Koto Tangah, Kuranji, South Padang, Lubuk Begalung, and North Padang.

"In addition, there are six districts that still suspect bird flu, namely Padang Timur, Padang West, Nanggalo, Pauh, Lubuk Kilangan, and Bungus," he explained.

Because of that, John asked Padang region immediately declared a bird flu alert. In order to alert residents and thousands of chickens have been destroyed, replaced the government.

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