JAKARTA, Ooctober 20, 2006 — Three new human cases of avian influenza have been identified in the last week in Indonesia, as the government steps up bird flu surveillance and response measures for both people and animals.
The three most recent human cases occurred in Jakarta, West Java and Central Java. Avian influenza has become endemic in poultry populations in many parts of those provinces. More....
Jakarta, October 4, 2006, Ministry of Agriculture — The latest characterization of virus isolates from poultry infected by avian influenza (AI) in Indonesia indicates that up to now, the viruses have not mutated into a new lethal strain that can infect humans and trigger a pandemic. More....
