Sijunjung, West Sumatera - Avian influenza suspects detected in Kabupaten Sijunjung, West Sumatera. Two avian influenza suspect patients, Bareno (25) and his wife Erna (21), residents of Jorong Tigokorong, Lubuaktarok are treated at M. Djamil hospital in Padang.
“Patients have been treated for a week. Their blood samples have been sent to laboratory, and we are still waiting for avian influenza infection confirmation,” said the official of Lubuaktarok, Rusli, on Tuesday (27/10). Before transferred to M Djamil hospital, Rusli added, patients were treated at public health center of Lubuaktarok of high fever accompanied with blood discharge from nose.
Subsequent to this incident, Livestock Service of Kabupaten Sijunjung culled thousands of avian influenza suspected chickens.
Similar incidents occurred also in Tanahbadantuang, Nagari Sijunjung, where number of people developed high fever. “I had high fever and my body turned reddish. Lot of people showed similar signs and got medical help from public health center. We don’t know what the cause is,” described a local of Kabupaten Sijunjung.
