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AFP: A little more on Air Batu

Posted on August 07, 2008

Agence France Presse isn't always the most reliable source for flu news, but it broke the Air Batu story yesterday and we aren't getting much from other sources. Here's AFP's latest: Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak'. Excerpt:Indonesia has rushed a team of specialists to a village in Sumatra to confirm a suspected outbreak of bird flu which has affected at least 13 people, a health official said Thursday. We suspect an outbreak of bird flu judging by the number of people who have fallen ill with bird flu symptoms, North Sumatra provincial health office chief Chandra Syafei told AFP. We are...

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