Diphtheria -- Indonesia
The government of Jakarta has been working to vaccinate 1.9 million children, or a slight increase from the previous target of 1.7 million in a bid to fight the outbreak of diphtheria. "We have decided to cover all children, so not just 1.2 million, but the target now has been increased to 1.9 million people," Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan stated at the City Hall here on Wednesday [3 Jan 2018].
Jakarta recorded 109 cases of diphtheria last year [2017], with the figure increasing from 17
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