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Indonesia: 2013 Measles- CDC issues Travel Notice

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/watch/measles-indonesia

Measles in Indonesia
Released: December 09, 2013
What is the Current Situation?

As of November 11, 2013, the World Health Organization has reported more than 6,300 confirmed measles cases in Indonesia during 2013. In August 2013, a US traveler returned from Indonesia with measles and spread the disease in a Texas community. In October, five Australians were diagnosed with measles after returning from Bali...
 
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Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/12/12/govt-plays-down-measles-outbreak.html

Govt plays down measles outbreak
Nadya Natahadibrata, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines |
Thu, December 12 2013, 9:58 AM

The Health Ministry says it has responded to a travel warning issued by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Americans traveling to Indonesia on a possible measles outbreak.

Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Health Ministry?s director general for disease control and environmental health, said that his ministry had cooperated with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the CDC to monitor the spread of measles in the country.

Tjandra said that a surveillance team had monitored the disease since the travel notice was issued on Dec. 9...
 
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Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/bali-...confirms-no-measles-outbreak-three-years.html

Agency confirms no measles outbreak in three years
by Luh De Suriyani on 2013-12-14

The Bali Health Agency has confirmed that there has been no measles outbreak on the island in the last three years, saying Australian tourists could have got the virus from anywhere, including their home country.

The Head of the Health Agency, Dr. Ketut Suarjaya, was responding to recent news of a travel advisory issued by the Australian and American governments advising their citizens about holidaying on the island.

The Australian government has warned Australians to check their measles vaccinations...
 
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