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Java Quake Survivors at High Risk of Disease
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=12786B7:3919ACA Officials in Java
say wells and streams in the earthquake zone have become polluted with
human waste





Survivors receive medical treatment at Sarjito Hospital after strong
earthquake in Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006Relief workers on
Indonesia's Java island say people made homeless by last month's
earthquake are at risk of disease due to the lack of toilets and
running water.

Officials in Java say wells and streams in the earthquake zone have
become polluted with human waste.  They say improving sanitation for
survivors is a priority, and there is an urgent need for latrines to
be built in the area.

Many roads in the worst-hit province of Yogyakarta are gridlocked
Sunday with convoys of trucks and motorcycles carrying relief workers
and emergency supplies.

Some farmers in the region are returning to their fields to search for
food, and for crops to sell to raise money for rebuilding their homes.

To the north of the quake zone, Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano
continued to spew lava and clouds of gas and ash.  Indonesian
authorities are maintaining a high alert for a possible full-scale
eruption.

The 6.3 magnitude quake that struck Java on May 27 killed at least
six-thousand-200 people and injured more than 20-thousand. Some
information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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