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Indonesia Moves to Stop Spread of Bird Flu Virus

Indonesia has taken immediate action toMost of the at least 60 people who have
try to contain an outbreak of the birddied from the virus in four Asian
flu virus that has killed four people incountries since late 2003 became
the nation's capital since July.infected after close contact with birds.
International health experts have begunThe WHO's Indonesia representative,
arriving in Indonesia to help with theGeorg Petersen, says with 12 million
growing problem.people in Jakarta living near infected
The Indonesian health minister warns thebirds more people could catch the virus.
recent outbreak of bird flu could easily"The virus is basically circulating in
turn into an epidemic as agriculturalthe bird population and we have a
officials announced plans for a massivesituation with very high population
cull of poultry in infected areas.density too in the same areas, so the
Health experts are concerned becausechances are more infections in humans is
they cannot identify the source of theslowly growing," he said.
H5N1 virus that has caused at least fourWHO spokesman Mr. Dietz also says
deaths in recent weeks.human-to-human transmission may have
World Health Organization spokesman Bobalready occurred, but in a limited way.
Dietz says there is concern the virus"This might have happened. But we have
could spread among humans.always been reluctant to say
"The threat, the very, very, very gravecategorically this has indeed happened.
threat is that sooner or later it willWhat might be happening is inefficient
evolve into that sort of virus that cantransmission of the virus between human
be exchanged between human beings. Thatbeings in some very specialized,
means it could tear through the globallocalized situations," he said.
population very quickly," he said.Health experts from Australia, the
Six suspected cases of bird flu remainUnited States and Canada have begun to
under observation in a Jakarta hospital,arrive in Indonesia to assess the
while a seventh, a five-year-old child,situation.
died Wednesday.



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