Feb 15 article

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Indonesia Boosts Monitoring as Human Bird Flu Cases Increase

Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- 'Indonesia's human cases of avian influenza are occurring with increasing frequency, prompting the government to step up monitoring efforts aimed at slowing the spread of the virus among animals.

 

Humans are contracting the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus at a faster pace, causing more deaths, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono told reporters in Jakarta before attending a cabinet meeting on bird flu, without elaborating.'...more (can be linked at the above website)

 

Many experts believe Indonesia will be the "ground zero" for the start of a H5N1 bird flu pandemic, if H5N1 is the virus that causes a pandemic. Stay tuned to birdflubeacon.com as we follow the spread of bird flu around the world.