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Indonesia has become the un-poster “country” if you will, for bird flu.
In the past week alone, three people have died from bird flu, a 67-year old woman, an 11-year old boy, and an 27-year old woman all from different provinces. The total fatality is now 55 out of 72 who have been infected since 2003.
Indonesia has not aggressively dealt with the bird flu, resisting international efforts to cull and slaughter infected brids when the disease first started spreading. Last month, the World Bank gave Indonesia $15 million in grant to fight with bird flu more effectively. So I would like to hear some news to the effect that bird flu is being put to control. It’s getting really gloomy to see indonesians dying left and right from bird flu, when other countries in the same region have begun to see progress.
[News Source: MedicalNewsToday]
Tags: avian flu, H5N1, Indonesia, World Bank
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