Bahas Flu Burung, Dirjen Peternakan Undang Ahli Kesehatan Hewan
Director General of Livestock Invite Animal Health Experts to Discuss Bird Flu
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Jakarta (B2B) - Hari ini, Senin (8/4), Direktorat Jenderal Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan, Kementerian Pertanian akan mengundang Komisi Ahli Kesehatan Hewan untuk membahas langkah antisipasi terhadap kasus virus flu burung jenis H7N9 di China.
"Hari Senin depan, kami akan mengundang Komisi Ahli Kesehatan Hewan untuk membicarakan bagaimana kita mengantisipasi masalah flu burung yang terjadi di China," kata Direktur Jenderal Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan, Syukur Iwantoro di Jakarta, Jumat (5/4).
Langkah antisipatif tetap harus dilakukan, kata Syukur, meskipun sampai saat ini belum ada laporan dari dinas peternakan di seluruh Indonesia tentang penyebaran virus flu burung di Indonesia.
"Kejadian ini (penyebaran virus-red) belum ada di kita yah," kata Syukur.
Kasus di China
Hingga berita ini diturunkan, pemerintah kota Nanjing melarang perdagangan unggas hidup untuk mencegah penularan virus H7N9. Pemerintah Cina membenarkan ada dua kasus baru penularan virus flu burung H7N9 di Shanghai, seperti dilansir BBC.
Temuan ini membuat angka kasus penularan flu burung yang diakibatkan oleh jenis virus itu menjadi 18 kasus.
Sejauh ini pemerintah Cina mengatakan virus tersebut telah mengakibatkan enam orang tewas. Badan Kesehatan Dunia, WHO mengatakan delapan orang lain yang terjangkit virus ini di Cina juga berada dalam kondisi yang parah.
Pemerintah Cina telah melakukan sejumlah langkah untuk merespon berjangkitnya virus flu burung H7N9, salah satunya adalah memperluas larangan perdagangan unggas di kota Nanjing. Sebelumnya mereka telah menutup pasar unggas di Shanghai.
Jakarta (B2B) - Today this, Monday (8/4), Directorate General of Animal Husbandry and Health Animal Ministry of of Agriculture invites the Animal Health Expert Commission to discuss the anticipate cases of H7N9 bird flu is endemic in China.
"On Monday, we will invite Animal Health Commission of Experts to discuss how to anticipate problems that occur bird flu in China," said Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Syukur Iwantoro in Jakarta, Friday (5/4).
Anticipatory measures should be a priority, said Syukur, although until now there has been no reports of livestock office throughout Indonesia about the spread of bird flu virus in Indonesia.
"This incident (the spread of virus-red) has not happen here," said Syukur.
Case in China
Until this news was published, the Nanjing municipal government prohibits trade in live poultry to prevent the spread of H7N9 virus. The Chinese government confirmed two new cases of H7N9 avian influenza virus infection in Shanghai, as reported by the BBC.
The findings are the total number of cases of bird flu infection caused by a type of virus was 18 cases in China. So far, the Chinese government said the virus has resulted in six deaths. The World Health Organization, WHO said eight other people who contracted the virus in China is in a severe condition.
The Chinese government has taken various steps to respond to the outbreak of H7N9 bird flu virus, one of which is to expand the ban on poultry trade in the city of Nanjing. Previously, they had been closed the poultry markets in Shanghai.
