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Saturday, 15 September, 2018 | 20:00 WIB
Quake-hit Lombok Declares Health Emergency over Malaria
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Lombok is battling malaria, authorities said on Saturday, Sept. 15, declaring a health emergency after a series of earthquakes in July and August forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
The quakes and aftershocks that killed nearly 500 people are estimated to have caused damages of Rp5 trillion to hospitals and public infrastructure, among other buildings, on the island's northern coast.
After the quake, aid groups said many of the hundreds of thousands left homeless were camping in open fields, refusing to seek shelter indoors as tremors continued.
Women and children are among the 128 people found to have been infected with malaria, Rahman Sahnan Putra, the chief of the West Lombok Health Agency, said as quoted by Reuters...
Saturday, 15 September, 2018 | 20:00 WIB
Quake-hit Lombok Declares Health Emergency over Malaria
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Lombok is battling malaria, authorities said on Saturday, Sept. 15, declaring a health emergency after a series of earthquakes in July and August forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
The quakes and aftershocks that killed nearly 500 people are estimated to have caused damages of Rp5 trillion to hospitals and public infrastructure, among other buildings, on the island's northern coast.
After the quake, aid groups said many of the hundreds of thousands left homeless were camping in open fields, refusing to seek shelter indoors as tremors continued.
Women and children are among the 128 people found to have been infected with malaria, Rahman Sahnan Putra, the chief of the West Lombok Health Agency, said as quoted by Reuters...