#influenza

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Health Ministry warns airborne diseases could become Disease X

The Indonesian Ministry of Health has warned that various airborne diseases have the potential to become Disease X, ...

MPR Speaker pushes bird flu vaccination to prevent new pandemic

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo encouraged to implement the bird flu ...

COVID control now individual responsibility: ministry

The revocation of the health emergency status in Indonesia implies that controlling COVID-19 has become a matter of ...

Ministry asks people to mask up as infections rise

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health Mohammad Syahril has asked Indonesians to return to wearing masks as ...

Pandemic not over, vaccination still important: official

The coronavirus pandemic has not ended in Indonesia yet and vaccination remains an important protective measure that ...

BPOM, S Arabia hold bilateral meeting on animal-based food trade

The Indonesian Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has commenced a kick-off meeting with its Saudi Arabian ...

Ministry conducts health protocol assessment before Eid homecoming

The Indonesian Health Ministry is evaluating health protocols at public places in order to anticipate a spike in ...

Health bill, transformation to enhance Indonesia's health system

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Mohammad Syahril expressed optimism that health transformation and the Health ...

Avoid contact with sick birds to prevent bird flu: expert

The Association of Indonesian Pulmonologists (PDPI) has urged people to avoid direct contact with sick birds and remain ...

Scientific proof required in reports of bird flu transmission to human

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin emphasized the need for scientific proof in connection with reports of ...

Bird flu can develop rapidly into severe lung disease: official

The Jakarta Provincial Health Service has informed that bird flu in humans can quickly develop into severe lung ...

Jakarta mitigating risks of bird flu clade 2.3.4.4b transmission

The Jakarta Health Office is mitigating the risks of transmission of the current clade of H5N1 virus, called clade ...

Indonesia adopts GISRS platform as influenza surveillance system

Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) surveillance that was listed as part of GISRS, he explained. ILI-SARI ...

Bird flu transmission to humans rare, but possible: expert

The transmission of bird flu to humans is rare, but is still a risk, therefore, it must not be taken lightly, Chairul ...

Risk of avian influenza infection in humans still low: govt

The risk of avian influenza or H5N1 infection in humans is still categorized as low, head of the public communication ...