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Update Feb 10th 2010
No change to the school's policy or procedures. Advise below still in effect.
Update Dec 10th 2009
No change to the school's policy or procedures. Advise below still in effect.
Update Sep 3rd 2009
No change to the school's policy or procedures. Advise below still in effect.
Update Aug 21st 2009
No change to the school's policy or procedures. Advise below still in effect.
Update Aug 4th 2009
We would like to thank parents for keeping a close eye on their children.
Every day the teachers are checking students for any symptoms of a flu virus in case it might be the H1N1 virus. Please keep a careful check on your child and don’t send them to school if they are exhibiting any flu-like symptoms. Please see the list of flu symptoms below. If we find a child in the school who is showing these symptoms we are double checking by taking the child’s temperature. However, of course, if the child has taken medication earlier in the day this can repress the temperature so if symptoms are clear then the parent will be contacted and the child will be sent home.
Please remember that there are many different kinds of flu and many can show these symptoms! If you are concerned about your child’s health and are wondering whether or not they might have the H1N1 virus then SOS can test for the Type A influenza virus (telephone number below). This is not a specific test for the H1N1 virus, which is one of the Type A viruses, but if it is positive the doctor can give you further advice.
Flu Symptoms:
- Runny nose
- Coughing
- Difficulty in breathing
- Vomiting
- Nausea
- Stiff muscles
- Fever and chills
- Sore throat
- Headache
- Diarrhea
- Lack of appetite
As there have been cases of the H1N1 virus in Bali teachers are being asked to stay vigilant as theoretically a child can come into contact with this virus at any time.
Teachers are also instructing children to remember to wash their hands, with soap, certainly before eating.
These precautions will therefore be in place until further notice.
Please find helpful website addresses below
SOS International Clinic: 0361 710 505
For further information please refer to the study package link below, also the 2 listed websites. Consulates are also issuing up to date information and travel advice.
Katie Jones
Director
From International SOS, July 4th 2009:
Indonesia has reported up to 20 cases of influenza A/H1N1. Most cases have been imported cases (foreign visitors). Two of the new cases reported have been of two Indonesians who acquired the disease in the country, meaning that the first in-country transmission has occurred. Cases have been found in Jakarta and in Bali.
Background
In late June two travelers from Singapore who visited Indonesia returned home infected with the new virus. It was thought then that it was possible the virus was circulating in Indonesia, but remained undetected or unreported.
A day after the Singapore news broke, on June 24, Indonesia officially reported its first two cases. Both occurred on the resort island of Bali, among travelers. One was an Indonesian pilot who recently traveled to Hong Kong and Australia, and the other was a British woman who went to Bali from Victoria, Australia. Indonesia's minister of health said both cases were imported. She did not say the virus was moving among the population in Indonesia.
Avian flu and the new pandemic
Indonesia has reported more human cases of avian flu H5N1 than any other country in the world. Although no cases have been officially confirmed in 2009, they are undoubtedly occurring - the disease is endemic, or consistently present, among the country's birds. Disease surveillance and reporting in Indonesia has been an issue of international concern, as health officials decided last year they would no longer inform the world about individual cases of H5N1 avian flu. They promised routine aggregate reports instead, which have been sporadic. The infection picture in Indonesia is, consequently, unclear.
Health experts worldwide are concerned about what would happen if the new H1N1 virus and the existing H5N1 "bird flu" virus meet and mutate. Before H1N1 emerged in early 2009, H5N1 avian flu was considered the primary candidate for causing the world's next flu pandemic. Indeed, it remains a viable threat: the World Health Organization continues to monitor the virus and considers it at Phase 3 of the Pandemic Scale.
Updated: 04 July 2009
Thank you,
Ibu Katie
Swine Flu - Self Study Package (in pdf format, size: 681 kB)
http://www.internationalsos.com/pandemicpreparedness/
http://www.who.int/
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