Indonesian News One The Ministry of Health (MoH) alerting the special laboratory to deal with the spread of ebola virus from Africa. Laboratory Agency for Health Research and Development (Balitbangkes) belonging to the Ministry of Health set up to examine the virus that has killed more than 700 people.
"For Indonesia, until now we are still wary. We've sigakan laboratory. So, if anyone has symptoms we can directly check, "said Minister of Health on the sidelines halalbihalal Ministry of Health officials in Jakarta, Monday (4/8).
Laboratory Balitbangkes have qualified BSL 3 (bio-safety level 3) is equivalent to the reference laboratory belonging to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Related travel warning to endemic countries such as ebola Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Guinea, Minister of Health will continue to socialize it. He said it was clear that those countries currently hit by Ebola outbreak that need a large enough vigilance while traveling there. "Transmission through bodily fluids so expect very carefully," said Minister of Health.
Nevertheless, the potential for the spread of ebola optimistic that Menkes to Indonesia is relatively small. Because, according to him, only a handful of Indonesian citizens (WNI) who travel to countries on the Black Continent. Furthermore, until now there was no direct flight connecting ebola endemic countries with Indonesia. "Traffic is practically no communication," he said.
Separately, Foreign Ministry spokesman Michael Tene said, there are still citizens who are infected with the deadly virus. Although it does not mention the total number of citizens in these countries, Tene ensure they are free of the current Ebola. "So far there are no citizens who become victims (ebola)," he said via text message yesterday.
