Via Jakarta Post :
" Despite only very few cases of avian influenza being identified in the city this year, the administration is warning residents of the possibility of a future outbreak.
The head the city’s Agriculture, Maritime and Animal Husbandry Agency, Jawilhija, said recent screenings of poultry samples in the city showed that 70 percent tested positive to bird flu.
“Seventy percent of samples taken from the faeces of thousands of birds were avian flu positive, even though the birds appeared healthy,” she told The Jakarta Post.
Jawilhija said it did not pose a danger to humans as long as the meat was cooked well.
Jakarta was one flash point of the country’s avian flu outbreaks in the last five years, hosting 44 cases of the nationwide total of 162 last year, according to the WHO.
This year, there have been two cases in the city, with the latest involving a 34-year-old woman from South Jakarta, who died early July.
“We have to be aware that avian flu is still in the city. Bird owners should not let their pets roam about in the neighborhood and should have them certificated,” Jawilhija said."
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