Indonesia demands seven trillion rupiah (some 700 million U.S. dollars) to stop the spread of bird flu outbreak in the country, Indonesia Health Minister Siti Sufari Fadillah said here Friday.

The Minister told a press conference that Indonesia would like to get the money during the Donor Summit to be held in Beijing, China from January 16 to 17 to raise fund for combating bird flu.

"We want a grant of seven trillion rupiah in form of grant. It was a maximal fund needed when the outbreak turned to pandemic," she said.

Doctor David Nabarro, the World Health Organization in charge of coordinating the United Nations' response to avian flu said that the bird flu outbreak may turn into pandemic, and that could kill millions of people as the virus in the world now being out of control.

Over 40 million out of two billion population were killed during 1918 to 1919 when the bird flu outbreak turned to pandemic, Nabarro said, adding that Over 70 people have been killed by the virus in Asia, and now the virus are spreading to Europe and Russia.

Source: Xinhua