Oz to give $10m to fight bird flu<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Visiting Australia foreign minister Alexander Downer
\nannounced on Thursday his government would disburse another A$10
\nmillion (about US$7.5 million) to help Indonesia fight bird flu.<\/p>\n
\"This funding will help Indonesia improve its response to a
\npotential outbreak in key areas such as detection, diagnosis and
\ncontainment of the virus, public awareness-raising and
\ninformation sharing,\" he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The additional funding is the result of recommendations from a
\nreport by Australian experts, who visited Indonesia last week.<\/p>\n
With the new funding, Australia's total assistance to
\nIndonesia's fight against bird flu reaches $15.5 million,
\nincluding 50,000 doses of the antiviral medication Tamiflu.<\/p>\n
There have been five confirmed cases in Indonesia of the
\ndeadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza since July, comprising
\nthree deaths and two people still being treated.<\/p>\n
Bird flu has killed more than 60 people in Vietnam, Thailand,
\nCambodia and Indonesia since late 2003. -- JP<\/p>",
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