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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The number of children stricken with polio in Indonesia climbed to 111 on Tuesday, as the U.N. health agency reported 45 new cases of the crippling disease.
One was confirmed on the island of Sumatra, which until last week was considered polio-free, said Oliver Rosenbauer, spokesman for the World Health Organization's polio eradication program in Geneva.
The other cases were all found in the provinces of Banten, West Java and the capital, Jakarta — areas that already are undergoing large-scale immunization campaigns.
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