By Rachel Harvey BBC correspondent in Jakarta

Thousands of Indonesians are suffering from the disease

Latest figures put the number of confirmed cases at more than 9,500 and 191 people are confirmed to have died.

Indonesia's health ministry is asking for emergency funding to be released as soon as possible.

Dengue fever is endemic in Indonesia, but this year's figures are particularly alarming.

The island of Java is worst affected, largely because more than half Indonesians live there, but provinces right across the archipelago have reported outbreaks of the disease.

The number of cases is now more than double the total for the same period last year.

Health officials are asking the finance ministry to speed up its procedures to allow emergency funds to be released quickly.

The health ministry is asking for 20 billion Rupiah (around $2.3m).

The money will be used to help pay the hospital bills of those who cannot otherwise afford them, and to fund a programme of chemical spraying to kill the mosquitoes who carry dengue.