SUKADANA, East Lampung, Indonesia Feb. 1 (NNN-ANTARA) — Bird flu (Avian Influenza) has broken out in three sub-districts of East Lampung and is spreading to other parts of the region, local residents here said.
“Earlier, bird flu cases were mostly found only in three sub-districts, namely Sukadana, Purbolinggo and Marga Tiga. Now, however, more sub-districts are affected,” Saefudin (40), a local resident of Batanghari Nuban, East Lampung District, said here on Monday.
In addition to the three sub-districts, the bird flu virus or H5N1 had also spread to Batanghari Nuban and Labuhan Ratu subdistricts, East Lampung.
The H5N1 virus was first detected at Terbanggi Marga village, Sukadana sub-district; Sukadana Baru village, Marga Tiga sub-district; and Tambah Dadi village, Purbolinggo sub-district. However, it has spread to other villages, such as Gunung Tiga village, Batanghari Nuban sub-district; and Rajabasa Lama village, Labuhan Ratu sub-district.
In January 2010, some 1,176 chickens had died from bird flu in East Lampung.
The East Lampung district authorities have conducted spraying of insecticides in and round caches where chickens had been found infected by the bird flu virus. Despite the bird flu attack, there was no human case found in the district. — NNN-Antara
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