The Indonesia's Agricultural Ministry is supervising pig farms to control the animals' health and trade following cases of swine flu in the United States of America and Mexico, the private television MetroTV quoted an official as saying on Tuesday.

"We supervise pig farms nationwide, in Bali, West Kalimantan and Lombok among others. We also focus on Batam of Sumatra province, the gateway of pork import from Singapore," said the ministry's Director General of Animal Husbandry Tjeppy Sujana.

He added that the ministry would supervise pork circulation in markets.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said that people should not underestimate current flu symptoms.

"Go to the doctor if you got influenza," she said as reported by the private news portal detikcom.

To avoid swine flu or other flu, the Health Ministry's Director General of Disease Control Tjandra Yoga Aditama advised people to implement healthy life patterns.

"Cover your nose with your hands if you sneeze, use soap after activities and go to the doctor if you got influenza symptoms."

(Xinhua News Agency April 28, 2009)