Dengue outbreak feared in C. Java

Dengue outbreak feared in C. Java

SEMARANG, Central Java: Central Java health authorities are
quickly taking steps to avert a dengue fever epidemic after six
children died and another 140 have been treated for the
potentially deadly illness in the last four weeks.

The six deaths occurred in Demak regency and greater Semarang
area.

Head of the Semarang health office Hadi Wibowo said here
Thursday many people had been admitted to hospital in the last
week and he number is expected to rise next month.

He said the government had begun fumigation in several
locations but admitted that the scope of the effort was severely
limited by the administration's budget.

"That's why the active participation of the community at large
is crucial to stop the spread of the disease," Hadi remarked. (har)