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Indonesia's Minister Reminds of Swine Flu Outbreak in 1941

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The Indonesia's People Welfare Coordinating Minister Abrizal Bakrie alerted that swine flue was very dangerous and could take lives like cases in Europe in 1941 that killed millions of people, the private news portal detikcom reported on Monday.

"Therefore, we should conduct many training in case of outbreak. People should conduct evacuation training and other prevention efforts," said Bakrie here.

However, the Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari said that Indonesia did not need yet to eliminate pigs.

She also said that the government was ready to provide the antidotes.

"The antidotes are similar with those to fight bird flu virus," she said.

(Xinhua News Agency April 27, 2009)