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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 20:45
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INACA WARNS AIRLINE CREWS AGAINST H1N1 VIRUS
Jakarta, July 13 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) has called all crews of national airline companies to be on constant alert to influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu.
INACA Secretary General Tengku Burhanuddin said here on Monday airline crews should be alert to the possibility of passengers being infected with the swine flu virus and they should be able to take prompt medical action when they served such passengers.
Crew members of domestic and international flights should be careful and protect themselves against H1N1 infection, he said.
If a crew member is showing symptoms of swine flu infection, he or she should not fly and must undergo a medical check-up, he said.
Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Teuku Faizasyah confirmed on Saturday (July 11), that a number of Indonesians attending an Asian Choir Contest in South Korea had contracted the H1N1 disease.
"A report saying that a number of Indonesians have been infected with the virus is true," Faizasyah said but he could not yet give further details on the matter.
Earlier reports said that 14 Indonesian taking part in the choir contest in Changwon city, South Korea, were confirmed on Saturday by the local health officials to have be suffering from swine flu.
Reuters reported fourteen Indonesians attending a choir contest in South Korea were confirmed H1N1 patients on Saturday in the country's largest daily confirmations as organizers rushed to send more than 1,000 participants home.
Health authorities are running tests on 34 other Indonesians with flu symptoms, provincial and Health Ministry officials said. South Korea has had 394 confirmed cases of the flu with 80 people in quarantine.
The H1N1 swine flu virus first emerged in Mexico in March and was spreading out of control in the United States by the time it was identified at the end of April.
The World Health Organization declared a pandemic in June. It has killed close to 500 people globally.***
INACA Secretary General Tengku Burhanuddin said here on Monday airline crews should be alert to the possibility of passengers being infected with the swine flu virus and they should be able to take prompt medical action when they served such passengers.
Crew members of domestic and international flights should be careful and protect themselves against H1N1 infection, he said.
If a crew member is showing symptoms of swine flu infection, he or she should not fly and must undergo a medical check-up, he said.
Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Teuku Faizasyah confirmed on Saturday (July 11), that a number of Indonesians attending an Asian Choir Contest in South Korea had contracted the H1N1 disease.
"A report saying that a number of Indonesians have been infected with the virus is true," Faizasyah said but he could not yet give further details on the matter.
Earlier reports said that 14 Indonesian taking part in the choir contest in Changwon city, South Korea, were confirmed on Saturday by the local health officials to have be suffering from swine flu.
Reuters reported fourteen Indonesians attending a choir contest in South Korea were confirmed H1N1 patients on Saturday in the country's largest daily confirmations as organizers rushed to send more than 1,000 participants home.
Health authorities are running tests on 34 other Indonesians with flu symptoms, provincial and Health Ministry officials said. South Korea has had 394 confirmed cases of the flu with 80 people in quarantine.
The H1N1 swine flu virus first emerged in Mexico in March and was spreading out of control in the United States by the time it was identified at the end of April.
The World Health Organization declared a pandemic in June. It has killed close to 500 people globally.***
