H1N1 Prevention Indonesia
June 1, 2009 by Medan Indonesia
Filed under Medan International Airport, Travel, Travel Tips
Medan Polonia Airport step up Pig Flu Prevention Measures
Latest update: 24 June 2009, Indonesia Health Minister reports first cases of H1N1 Flu in Indonesia
As of 06:00 GMT, 29 May 2009, 53 countries have officially reported 15,510 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 99 deaths.
H1N1 virus commonly known as Pig Flu or Swine Flu has caused worldwide travel worries. The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations by country is provided in the table below. With a huge relief, Indonesia is not in the listed countries.
We are also glad to see that the authority in Indonesia has taken steps to prevent the virus from spreading into Indonesia. On our arrival at Medan Polonia Airport from Singapore on Friday 29 May 2009, we have noticed additional H1N1 preventive measures by the authority at Medan Polonia Airport. It is not the expected usual thermal scanner found at other airports that detects heat for suspected carrier that has fever. But a machine that sprays some kind of antiseptic all over you!
This additional measure may be due to the 4 reported cases of H1N1 flu that has traveled to Singapore.
The machine is similar to a metal detector scanner installed in most airports that you go through at customs, only that it has nozzles around the machine spraying some kind of antiseptic all over you when you walk across.
The machine has been installed in international arrival hall of Medan Polonia Airport before the immigration counter and customs. Other measures noticed were police dogs monitoring hang luggages when passengers enter the arrival hall and filling in a yellow health card that requests information such as:
- personal & contact details
- dates of arrival & departure
- list of countries visited within 7 days prior arrival to Indonesia
- health questions such as whether have symptoms of high fever, cough, sore throat and difficulty in breathing
Visitors will also be relieved and feel safe to travel to Indonesia from the statement made by the Health Minister of Indonesia about the H1N1 virus.
Indonesia Health Minister statement about pig flu.
Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari announced public not to be afraid but keep aware to any possibility of pig flu emerging in Indonesia.
Fatality rate of bird flu (H5N1) appears to be higher – about 80-90 percent – compare to pig flu (H1N1) which about 6.4 percent. However, public asked to be aware since this virus has been confirmed to be transmissible among human.
H1N1 virus is only survivable in sub tropic area – in particular during autumn and winter – such as North America. Indonesia is a tropical country so that the possibility for the virus to survive is relatively low, said Health Minister in press conference, Ministry of Public Welfare Coordination (Menkokesra) office, Jakarta, Monday (27/4).
Pig/Swine flu or H1N1 cannot survive in warm temperate area such as Indonesia. But citizen are required to maintain self hygiene.
For preparedness of any possibility of this virus to emerge in Indonesia, Ministry of Health has ordered related parties to terminate import of pork. Moreover, government will do surveillance to numbers of pig farms in Indonesia, in total 9 millions pig population.
Meanwhile, airports in Indonesia have been equipped with Thermo Scanner or body temperature detector for new entrants.
Ministry of health also supplies Health Alert Card to airways companies and sea harbor, about the health/flu status, which required to be filled by new entrants.
Furthermore, Ministry of Health has prepared Tamiflu stock for H1N1 treatment.
In the same event, Director of Animal Derived Disease Control (PPBB) Ministry of Health, Rita Kusriastuti said, Thermo Scanner has been set up in 10 airports, i.e. Ngurah Rai Bali, Makassar, Surabaya, South Kalimantan, Jakarta, Batam and Medan.
Three millions Tamiflu for therapeutics have been prepared, and 100 reference hospitals will also be re-trained to anticipate the occurrence of the disease. Doctors in numbers of hospitals are also ordered to be more considerate in examining patients, said Rita.
Table below: Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (source WHO)
Country, Cumulative Total Cases, Deaths
- Argentina 37 0
- Australia 147 0
- Austria 1 0
- Bahrain 1 0
- Belgium 8 0
- Brazil 10 0
- Canada 1118 2
- Chile 165 0
- China 30 0
- Colombia 17 0
- Costa Rica 33 1
- Cuba 4 0
- Czech Republic 1 0
- Denmark 1 0
- Dominican Republic 2 0
- Ecuador 32 0
- El Salvador 11 0
- Finland 3 0
- France 21 0
- Germany 19 0
- Greece 3 0
- Guatemala 5 0
- Honduras 1 0
- Iceland 1 0
- India 1 0
- Ireland 3 0
- Israel 11 0
- Italy 26 0
- Japan 364 0
- Korea, Republic of 33 0
- Kuwait 18 0
- Malaysia 2 0
- Mexico 4910 85
- Netherlands 3 0
- New Zealand 9 0
- Norway 4 0
- Panama 107 0
- Peru 31 0
- Philippines 6 0
- Poland 4 0
- Portugal 1 0
- Romania 3 0
- Russia 2 0
- Singapore 4 0
- Slovakia 1 0
- Spain 143 0
- Sweden 4 0
- Switzerland 4 0
- Thailand 2 0
- Turkey 2 0
- United Kingdom 203 0
- United States of America 7927 11
- Uruguay 2 0
- Grand Total 15510 99
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Erm..Good job by the Authority at Polonia Airport on the prevention and precaution.Keep it up.
Becos of H1N1,I will have to cancel my trip to Medan for a wedding dinner.Though sad,I have to sacrifice this time,becos I am from one of the country that has got some reported cases.Someone from my country import it from the another country.I hope what I do not like to come to me ,also do not go to others.So until my country is free from it ,Medan friends.,I will have to miss you all for the time being.
Luckily got Medan Ku ,to keep me updated…..visiting here is just like visiting my Medan.Sleep well,take care of personal hygiene,wash your hand…..hope to visit you all soon.
Indonesia Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari confirmed on Wednesday 24 June 2009, the first cases of H1N1 Swine Fly virus in Bali
read more on Indonesia H1N1 Flu
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More on what is H1N1 Swine Flu, Prevention and Symptoms:
http://www.medanku.com/h1n1-symptom/
20 confirmed H1N1 Swine Flu in Indonesia 11 Suspected cases in Medan receiving treatment at hospital. More on H1N1 Symptoms
The Health Ministry said Tuesday eight more individuals were suspected of having the H1N1 strain of flu.
This brings to 28 the total number of people in the country with suspected or confirmed cases of the deadly flu variant, the ministry said in a statement.
One of the eight new H1N1 suspects is being treated at Sanglah General Hospital in Denpasar, Bali, while two are at Jakarta’s Sulianti Saroso Hospital and three are at Medan’s H. Adam Malik Hospital.
The ministry said two others had just returned from countries with H1N1pandemic status
JAKARTA, July 9 (Xinhua) — Indonesian hospitals are now treating 52 people who are positively infected A/H1N1 virus, including 3 foreigners, Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said here on Thursday.
The health minister told a press conference here that among the 52 patients, there are cases of human-to-human virus transmission.
“We learned that 12 of those patients were resulted from human to human virus transmission within a month,” she was quoted by the detik.com as saying.
To avoid the possibility from being infected by the A H1N1 virus, the health minister called on the public to exercise healthy and clean living.
Siti said that A/H1N1 flu is a curable disease. She, however, said that government would continue screening people who had just arrived from traveling abroad.
Government will also use the Tamiflu tablet to heal A/H1N1 patients in the country, she added.