Sunday, December 19, 2010

Indonesia: Samrat Airport Tighten Control of H1N1-H5N1

Sunday, December 19, 2010 9:27 pm
Manado, (Antaranews) - Manado Sam Ratulangi Airport and local governments to tighten supervision and prevent the circulation of H1N1 (swine flu) and H5N1 (bird flu) from the arrival of various foreign and domestic visitors to this area.

"Almost two years this body detection tool for prevention of H1N1 and H5N1 have been used in Samrat Manado Airport to determine if immigrants were infected or not," said Chief Quarantine and Surveillance Section of the Department of Health Pos Manado JW Taturu Samrat Airport in Manado, on Sunday.

North Sulawesi Province are very fortunate that during 2010 there was no circulation of the findings of two dangerous diseases that enter through the door Samrat Airport.

Only in 2009, there are cases when there is an international activity World Ocean Conference (WOC), where one of the participants detected the H1N1 infected.

At that moment, when referred to a local hospital, the patient was immediately received intensive treatment and recover.

"If for Samrat Airport entrance we could know, but the other entrances, such as ports or land line we do not know," he explained.

Chairman of Commission IV DPRD Flammable Manembu Sherpa who did a review on Samrat Airport Manado readiness to face going home handling the Christmas and New Year, hoping the surveillance of H1N1 and H5N1 have to do with the optimal.

"We all also hope that our region free from the circulation of dangerous disease that, by tightening all the controls that exist," he said

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