WHEN the acute respiratory disease (SARS) attacked Asia six years ago, Tjandra Yoga Aditama was often referred to as the “SARS spokesman.” Today, with swine flu threatening its way into Indonesia, Tjandra, who is Director-General of Environmental Health & Disease Control, is back again trying to explain about the disease also called influenza A or H1N1 by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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