On pace to overtake Vietnam as the nation hit hardest by human cases of bird flu, Indonesia is appealing to the world community for $50 million to help fight the deadly disease.
July 4, 2006 (Press Release) --
On pace to overtake Vietnam as the nation hit hardest by human cases of bird flu, Indonesia is appealing to the world community for $50 million to help fight the deadly disease, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Indonesia said it needs the donations over the next three years to establish a system for fighting bird flu in poultry, according to a United Nations expert attending a bird-flu conference in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
At least 39 people in Indonesia have died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, second only to Vietnam's 42 human fatalities, the AP reported. Most of the victims had direct contact with infected poultry.
Experts fear the virus, which has killed 129 people worldwide since 2003, could mutate and become contagious between people, sparking a human pandemic.
Source: http://www.msn.com/
Indonesia said it needs the donations over the next three years to establish a system for fighting bird flu in poultry, according to a United Nations expert attending a bird-flu conference in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
At least 39 people in Indonesia have died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, second only to Vietnam's 42 human fatalities, the AP reported. Most of the victims had direct contact with infected poultry.
Experts fear the virus, which has killed 129 people worldwide since 2003, could mutate and become contagious between people, sparking a human pandemic.
Source: http://www.msn.com/
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