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Health

Indonesia says 99 children have died from acute kidney injury this year

(Corrects name spelling in paragraph 2 from Muhammad to Mohammad)

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Almost 100 children in Indonesia have died from acute kidney injury this year, a health ministry official told reporters on Wednesday.

Health ministry spokesman Mohammad Syahril said that officials had identified 206 cases up to Oct. 18, with 99 fatalities recorded.

(This story has been refiled to correct the spelling of a name, from Muhammad to Mohammad, in paragraph 2)

(Reporting by Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Ed Davies)

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