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47632
Wed, 02/25/2009 - 23:09
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YOGYAKARTA PUBLIC PUT ON BIRD FLU ALERT
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 25 (ANTARA) - Yogyakarta health authorities have warned the local public to be on alert against bird flu as two cases were discovered in the region in early 2009.
The very first bird flu cases were detected in Yogyakarta in 2005, Tri Harjun Ismaji, the secretary of the Yogyakarta special autonomous province, said here on Tuesday in a speech read out by Bondan Agus Suryanto.
In 2005, Yogyakarta had six bird flu suspects, four suspects in 2006, 24 in 2007, and three suspects last year, he said.
Bird flu or avian influenza (AI) was very dangerous as there were 129 cases of AI infections including 113 fatalities, or 81.3 percent, he said.
The very first bird flu cases were detected in Yogyakarta in 2005, Tri Harjun Ismaji, the secretary of the Yogyakarta special autonomous province, said here on Tuesday in a speech read out by Bondan Agus Suryanto.
In 2005, Yogyakarta had six bird flu suspects, four suspects in 2006, 24 in 2007, and three suspects last year, he said.
Bird flu or avian influenza (AI) was very dangerous as there were 129 cases of AI infections including 113 fatalities, or 81.3 percent, he said.
