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Paramedics told to take precautions against H1N1
JAKARTA: The Health Agency is urging officials at public health centers and hospitals across the capital to arm themselves with necessary uniforms to prevent the spread of the H1N1 influenza virus
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AKARTA: The Health Agency is urging officials at public health centers and hospitals across the capital to arm themselves with necessary uniforms to prevent the spread of the H1N1 influenza virus.
"Paramedic officials are prone to infections ... In some cases abroad, they were the first to contract the disease. They need to be more careful," Health Agency official Ida Bagus Nyoman Banjar said Friday.
"We urge these officials to take added precautions, like using appropriate bodily protection, especially when handling patients infected with influenza-like illness," Ida said, adding that the agency had distributed more than 73,000 Tamiflu vaccines to public health centers and hospitals across the city.
