JAKARTA - Another 20 people have died from dengue fever in Indonesia, bringing the death toll this year to 122. A further 6,400 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne virus, prompting the government to place Jakarta and five other provinces under alert for a possible dengue epidemic.
The other provinces are East Java, East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. Dengue fever is an annual rainy season hazard for Indonesians but it killed 669 people between January and June last year, about twice as many compared with the same period the previous year. The Indonesian Red Cross has predicted a surge in the number of infections in the next three months and warns of a possible shortage of blood.
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JAKARTA - Another 20 people have died from dengue fever in Indonesia, bringing the death toll this year to 122. A further 6,400 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne virus, prompting the government to place Jakarta and five other provinces under alert for a possible dengue epidemic. 
