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Sat, 06/13/2009 - 13:33
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GOVT PREPARING THREE MILLION TAMIFLU TABLETS
Jakarta, June 13 (ANTARA) - The government is preparing about three million tamiflu tablets in an effort to anticipate the spread of the H1N1 swine influenza A virus in Indonesia, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
"The government is preparing two steps in anticipation of the entry into Indonesia of the swine flu virus, namely providing tamiflu pills and installing monitoring devices at airports," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said.
He said that swine flu virus had affected people in 74 countries so that the World Health Organization (WHO) had the alertness rate of the disease to six.
The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic on Thursday, raising its alert level to the maximum six, the Swedish government said.
Swedish Health Minister Maria Larsson held a press conference later Thursday following "the WHO's decision to raise the pandemic level to six for the influenza A(H1N1)," the government said in a statement.
A total of 74 countries are now affected by the virus.
The WHO was holding a meeting at its headquarters in Geneva amid growing evidence the virus, which originated in Mexico two months ago, is now being widely transmitted between humans in Asia and Europe as well as in the Americas.
Faizasyah said that Indonesia was still considered safe from swine flu so that it did not yet need to impose a travel warning. "On travel warning, we are still waiting for the result of a meeting under the coordination of the minister for people's welfare," he said.
He said that the Indonesian people have been very aware of the danger of the swine flu virus. Especially they were able to know which countries had been affected by the virus.
"They automatically will become reluctant to visit the countries concerned because they already have better knowledge about the disease," he said.
"The government is preparing two steps in anticipation of the entry into Indonesia of the swine flu virus, namely providing tamiflu pills and installing monitoring devices at airports," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said.
He said that swine flu virus had affected people in 74 countries so that the World Health Organization (WHO) had the alertness rate of the disease to six.
The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic on Thursday, raising its alert level to the maximum six, the Swedish government said.
Swedish Health Minister Maria Larsson held a press conference later Thursday following "the WHO's decision to raise the pandemic level to six for the influenza A(H1N1)," the government said in a statement.
A total of 74 countries are now affected by the virus.
The WHO was holding a meeting at its headquarters in Geneva amid growing evidence the virus, which originated in Mexico two months ago, is now being widely transmitted between humans in Asia and Europe as well as in the Americas.
Faizasyah said that Indonesia was still considered safe from swine flu so that it did not yet need to impose a travel warning. "On travel warning, we are still waiting for the result of a meeting under the coordination of the minister for people's welfare," he said.
He said that the Indonesian people have been very aware of the danger of the swine flu virus. Especially they were able to know which countries had been affected by the virus.
"They automatically will become reluctant to visit the countries concerned because they already have better knowledge about the disease," he said.
