Health agency monitors bird flu

Health agency monitors bird flu

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Health Agency has distributed 10,000
leaflets about the symptoms and prevention of avian influenza
to community health centers around the city.

Public relations head Evi Zelfino said the move, which aimed
to inform medical staff of the virus, would allow the agency to
track possible human cases of the flu.

No Jakarta residents were known to be infected by the flu
virus at this time, she said.

The agency has distributed information to all 267 subdistrict-
level community health centers, 42 district-level health centers
in five municipalities and two district-level health centers in
the Thousands Islands regency.

"This is a follow-up to the Ministry of Health's circulars on
Jan. 14 and Jan. 23 that advise agencies to closely monitor the
bird flu," she said in a story on the city's official website --
beritajakarta.com. -- JP