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GOVT PREPARING STEPS TO ANTICIPATE H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC
GOVT PREPARING STEPS TO ANTICIPATE H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC
Jakarta, June 132 (ANTARA) - The government is preparing anticipatory steps to prevent the entry of H1N1 flu virus into the country after the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the disease a global pandemic.
"Although no confirmed case of H1N1 flu has been found in Indonesia, the government through the health ministry as the agency standing in the front is prepared to prevent the entry of the disease into the country. Indonesia is ready to face the phase 6 pandemic announced by the WHO on Thursday," executive chairman of the National Commission on Bird Flu Control and Awareness on Influenza Pandemic (Komnas FBPI) Bayu Krisnamurthi said in a press statement on Friday.
The government would take anticipatory steps according to the Phase 6 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response guidance by, among other things, intensifying checking process in all gateways particularly at airports and seaports which had a high rate of tourist arrivals from affected acountries, he said.
In addition, the government would also activate a Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response plan and take necessary steps according to the national action plan, he said.
"We will also intensify our efforts to familiarize companies with the business continuity plan to minimalize panic caused by circulating media reports," he said.
The government called on people from all walks of life to keep calm in facing the problem and try to understand and respond to any change related to the spread of the disease which began to spread in Mexico and the United States last April, he said.
On Thursday, the WHO raised its pandemic alert to phase 6
on a six-point scale because of the outbreak of the disease,
widely known as swine flu.
The world body noted that the number of H1N1 flu cases increased by 2441 in two days earlier.
WHO data show by June 11 influenza A (H1N1) had affected 28,774 people with 144 deaths in 74 countries.
Jakarta, June 132 (ANTARA) - The government is preparing anticipatory steps to prevent the entry of H1N1 flu virus into the country after the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the disease a global pandemic.
"Although no confirmed case of H1N1 flu has been found in Indonesia, the government through the health ministry as the agency standing in the front is prepared to prevent the entry of the disease into the country. Indonesia is ready to face the phase 6 pandemic announced by the WHO on Thursday," executive chairman of the National Commission on Bird Flu Control and Awareness on Influenza Pandemic (Komnas FBPI) Bayu Krisnamurthi said in a press statement on Friday.
The government would take anticipatory steps according to the Phase 6 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response guidance by, among other things, intensifying checking process in all gateways particularly at airports and seaports which had a high rate of tourist arrivals from affected acountries, he said.
In addition, the government would also activate a Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response plan and take necessary steps according to the national action plan, he said.
"We will also intensify our efforts to familiarize companies with the business continuity plan to minimalize panic caused by circulating media reports," he said.
The government called on people from all walks of life to keep calm in facing the problem and try to understand and respond to any change related to the spread of the disease which began to spread in Mexico and the United States last April, he said.
On Thursday, the WHO raised its pandemic alert to phase 6
on a six-point scale because of the outbreak of the disease,
widely known as swine flu.
The world body noted that the number of H1N1 flu cases increased by 2441 in two days earlier.
WHO data show by June 11 influenza A (H1N1) had affected 28,774 people with 144 deaths in 74 countries.
