Rabu 10 Apr 2013 06:15 WIB

Govt lists imported products from China

Rep: Dwi Murdaningsih/Meiliani Fauziah/Satya Festiani / Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
Chickens sit inside cages after a New Taipei City Department of Environmental Protection worker sprayed sterilising anti-H7N9 virus disinfectant around chicken stalls in a market in New Taipei City April 8, 2013.
Foto: Reuters/Pichi Chuang
Chickens sit inside cages after a New Taipei City Department of Environmental Protection worker sprayed sterilising anti-H7N9 virus disinfectant around chicken stalls in a market in New Taipei City April 8, 2013.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian government raises awareness towards the outbreak of avian influenza virus H7N9 in China by listing all imported products from China.

"No case has been reported in Indonesia yet, but we must take some precautions," Vice Minister of Trade, Bayu Krisnamurthi, said on Monday. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the virus of avian influenza is unlikely to reach Indonesia.

WHO states that the H7N9 found in Shanghai cannot be transmitted among people. Representative of WHO in Beijing, Michael O'Leary, said that scientist had no evidence that the H7N9 avian influenza virus could be transferred from human to human.

The Head of Local Poultry Farmer Association (Himpuli), Ade M Zulkarnaen, urged government to be prepared of bird flu transmission. He said that Indonesia was affected by avian influenza in 2003 and 2008 through bird migration. "I think now is the season of bird migration," he said.