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OUTBREAK ALERT: Indonesia To Mass Vaccinate In Order To Contain Diphtheria<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Indonesia is seeing an outbreak of diphtheria which is scaring civilians and government officials alike.\u00a0 The disease continues to spread as officials desperately\u00a0work to contain the bacteria before it becomes a pandemic.<\/p>\n

The bacteria that causes diphtheria ravages the human body. It causes a thick covering in the back of the throat and it has so far, infected hundreds in Indonesia. The disease is spreading quickly and not only to regions with limited health service but also to the country\u2019s\u00a0capital<\/a>\u00a0Jakarta, where health services are much better<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Between January and November 2017, the government has\u00a0recorded 593 diphtheria<\/a>\u00a0cases, spread across 95 regencies in 20 provinces. The death toll\u00a0has reached 32<\/a>. The World Health Organization data on\u00a0diphtheria\u00a0shows that\u00a0the number of cases in Indonesia has fluctuated since the 1980s<\/a>. \u2013Medical Xpress<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Diphtheria is a life-threatening communicable disease that spreads through air containing\u00a0Corynebacterium diphtheriae<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>which can lead to breathing difficulties, heart failure, paralysis, and even death if left untreated.\u00a0The bacteria attacks the upper respiratory system, leading to symptoms such as high fever, sore throat, difficulties in swallowing, and shortness of breath. The bacteria can also spread through spits and coughs and contaminated objects. When they enter the body, they release toxins which spread through the blood and can cause damage to the body system, especially the heart and nervous system. These complications can lead to death.<\/p>\n

Since diphtheria is caused\u00a0by a bacteria, antibiotics are normally a simple and effective treatment if administered in time. But government officials are blaming the outbreak on an \u201canti-vaccination\u201d movement growing in Indonesia, prompting the mass vaccination of children.\u00a0\u00a0Some eight million children and teenagers<\/a> across the Southeast Asian nation will receive a vaccination in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the disease<\/p>\n

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OUTBREAK ALERT: Indonesia To Mass Vaccinate In Order To Contain Diphtheria Indonesia is seeing an outbreak of diphtheria which is scaring civilians and government officials alike.\u00a0 The disease continues to spread as officials desperately\u00a0work to contain the bacteria before it becomes a pandemic. The bacteria that causes diphtheria ravages the human body. It causes a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17487,1444,11479,6489,17486,607,6490],"class_list":["post-28829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-diphtheria","tag-indonesia","tag-jakarta","tag-mac-slavo","tag-mass-vaccinations","tag-pandemic","tag-shtfplan-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28830,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28829\/revisions\/28830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}