Category - Indonesia

Warning – INDONESIA – US CDC OUTBREAK NOTICE: As of Nov 1st, 2011, more than 100 people have died from rabies in Bali since the outbreak began. Human and animal rabies cases have been confirmed near popular tourist destinations throughout the island. For more information go to: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/outbreak-notice/rabies-bali-indonesia2008.htm

AN undersea earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck off Sumatra Island earlier Thursday, but no tsunami threat was reported, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported. The quake struck at 07h16 Jakarta time (00h16 GMT) with the epicentre 37km southwest Mukomuko of Bengkulu province of Sumatra at a depth of 28km under the sea […]