Wed, Feb 07, 2007 - Page 5 News List

Downpours add to Jakarta woes

STORM WATERS Residents in several districts in the Indonesian capital said water levels dropped on Monday, only to rise to as high as 2m after heavy rain overnight

AP , JAKARTA

"We have to be alert for diseases like typhoid, those transmitted by rats and respiratory infections. Hopefully, there will be no dysentery," said Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari, urging residents to try to stay clean.

Flood conditions are also ideal for spreading malaria, dengue fever and the bird flu virus.

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