REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Swine Flu certainly not the case in Indonesia. Cases referred to patients who contracted swine flu in Tangerang is still classified in the category of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09, said Minister of Health, Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, asserted "Not exactly so-called swine flu because the virus is a coalition between the new flu virus in birds, pigs, and man, "said Minister, on Friday (27 / 1) last evening. Naming an circulated in the community calls for not less precise with respect to consumption or contact with pigs.Report the number of the last case in October 2009 and recorded 440 thousand cases in the world. In early 2010, the virus implicated in 214 countries. Director General of WHO declared pandemic post or already passed. Until August 6, 2010, there were 18,449 people worldwide die from this disease. "Since then the disease is considered to be variants of normal influenza. But this type of virus in Indonesia is the most malignant. We do not yet know the cause, "said Minister of Health. Head of Research and Development Kemenkes, Trihono sure if the malignancy of the H1N1 virus makes the drug manufacturers from various countries to test their products against the virus from Indonesia. So, it was always making or tissue culture to develop viruses that can be further investigated. "If an outbreak occurs we can extend the dose or add a variant of the drug," he said.
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