Siti Supari Quotations

We are awaiting for further results. We will continue to investigate whether she had been in contact with anything that related to bird flu,

Until now, three children are being treated in a hospital ... two are suspected of having the symptoms of bird flu based on the lab tests. The other one is still under observation.

Until now, three children are being treated in a hospital . . . two are suspected of having the symptoms of bird flu based on the lab tests. The other one is still under observation,

With the increase of clusters the possibility has to be thoroughly examined that the virus might have changed and could possibly spread from human to human,

So far the situation is still under control, the number of deaths due to the AI virus is still below those in Vietnam and Thailand ,

On Sept. 6, the woman was hospitalized, the hospital staff took specimen and conducted some examination for the possible of bird flu, the result has not fully met to be said as positive,

We don't distinguish between the three, ... But how they got infected is still unknown.

The polio virus that hit Indonesia has been proven to have a high rate of attack,

We will carry out intensive rapid diagnosis of patients suspected of having the disease.

We had taken samples for tests and one showed it was positive (for the H5N1 strain),

We initially found positive signs but we need further testing because we cannot say it is a positive case before two confirmations,

At present, we have 800,000 tablets provided by donor countries such as Australia, Japan and Singapore.

The suspected person is now in a healthy condition.

Other countries have committed to help in terms of providing equipment, expert paramedics, that sort of stuff. We are concentrating on paramedic training and preparing hospitals.

The national extraordinary condition was declared so that the people can remain calm and not panicking because the government is prepared to handle this in a national way,

Not yet, maybe in two or three days hopefully, because this is a holiday, but looking at the symptoms ... there's a large possibility that it is bird flu.

The vaccine will not create any side affects,

This goes to show the problem is not just about a lack of doctors or geographical location, ... It's also about ignorance. Some parents, even rich ones, don't want to bring their children to clinics to get immunized.

This can be described as an epidemic. These (cases) will happen again as long as we cannot determine the source,

This is to calm people, not to bring more panic. The government is ready to overcome this,

It's a testament of our seriousness in fighting bird flu. We do not want Indonesia to become the world's source of bird flu.

It's a high alert. Every region is on alert so if at any time it occurs in remote areas, we are ready,

Hopefully in one or two months we will distribute them.

The Health Ministry has prepared a 'National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan'. This is an international requirement for any country affected by bird flu,