Indonesia Sends Bird Flu Samples to WHO Lab

An Indonesian health ministry official announced on Friday that his country had sent 12 bird flu virus samples to one of the World Health Organization’s laboratories. The official also confirmed that Jakarta received assurance that it would soon have access to affordable vaccines against this terrible disease that has already killed lots of people in Indonesia and not only. Despite the fact that cases of bird flu have been reported also in other countries, Indonesia is the nation worst hit by the deadly virus; no less than 105 people have died until now in this country.

Indonesia has held back its bird flu virus samples since last August, because it reportedly wanted guarantees from richer countries and drug companies that poor countries would eventually get access to affordable anti-bird flu vaccines derived from these samples.

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