More children tested for polio

Mon, 16 May 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BOGOR, West Java: Bogor Health Agency is testing feces and
urine samples of five children believed to have contracted polio
amid the recent outbreak in the country.

Agency head Djono Karjoeki said on Sunday that the agency had
previously tested three other children and the results were
negative.

Djono said around 101 health centers in the regency were
scheduled to carry out a massive immunization program on March
31.

There have been at least eight cases of polio as of May 14,
all coming from villages near the West Java town of Sukabumi. One
of them is being treated in Jakarta. -- JP

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