Indonesia established an avian influenza surveillance system

Yesterday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the country would establish an surveillance system for bird flu that could monitor bird flu in millions of people at both village and commune levels.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

'We are considering a multi-step plan to prevent bird flu for the entire islands, called ' Village Preparedness ', available at both the village and commune levels,' he said after meeting with the Ministry of Medicine. Health and Agriculture. Accordingly, at least 5 people in each village will participate in monitoring any cases of bird flu in both poultry and humans, so that the report on bird flu is done quickly, according to the president.

Also under this plan, doctors will be selected to train to handle bird flu cases.

'We hope ' Village Preparedness' can be done within 1 month, if sooner the better. We seriously study this issue so that our country can be safe from bird flu, ' said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The president also said that for this plan to go well, the country needs to be involved as well as 'the determination of all regional leaders'. According to him, some areas did not fully implement efforts to prevent the spread of bird flu and warned regional leaders to raise their sense of responsibility in the next 2-3 days or to self-control. point.

Over the weekend, Indonesia said it would produce 220 million tablets against Tamiflu, the only drug currently effective in treating bird flu.President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said 2 million pills were still imported before the country finished producing Tamiflu . Currently, the number of reserve drugs of Indonesia is only 800,000.

T.VY (According to AFP, Jakarta Post)