When Pigs Catch Cold
Swine flu, first reported in Mexico early last month, has spread to many other countries in the world. Last week the World Health Organization declared the flu situation close to a pandemic. How deadly is swine flu compared with other kinds of influenza? Will it enter Indonesia?
May 5, 2009
MORE than 150 people have died of swine flu in faraway Mexico, but already here in Cigugur in the West Java district of Kuningan pig breeders have felt the pinch, worried that they will have to close down because of public hysteria over the disease. “I have a herd of 50 pigs, I’m afraid I will have to close down as prices are falling sharply,” says one breeder named Aang. Most of the pigs bred in Cigugur are shipped to markets in Bandung, T
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