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Article: BIRD FLU REMAINS THREAT TO RI IN 2007.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2006
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Banda Aceh, Aug 23 (ANTARA) - Indonesia which has seen a steady rise in the number of human deaths due to bird flu this year will remain under a threat of the disease in 2007, a Health Ministry official said.
"Bird flu remains a threat to Indonesia. In fact, the poultry-transmitted disease has become a global health problem," head of the ministry's planning and budgeting bureau, Dr. T Marwan Nusri said here Wednesday.
Bird flu-related health threat was still prevailing in several parts of the country, he said. After all, the health ministry would always make concerted efforts to prevent the virus from growing into an uncontrolled national health ...