Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said Tuesday that his country has taken six strategic steps to contain the spread of bird flu virus in accordance with UN recommendations.
"In general, the six strategic steps have been taken to prevent the spread of AI (avian influenza) virus," Antara news agency quoted the minister as saying after opening a meeting between the Indonesian government and international key partners on avian influenza in Bali, a resort island in Indonesia.
150 participants from 11 countries attended the meeting.
Among the strategic steps were preventing the virus from spreading further, conducting intensive communications with the public on the danger of the deadly disease, and promoting the people's understanding about the restructuring of national poultry industry, he said.
"Some of the strategic steps have been successful. However, we still need time and work hard to restructure the national poultry industry," he said.
Indonesia has reported 106 people infected with H5N1 and 85 of them have died - more than 40 percent of the recorded fatalities worldwide.
Source: Xinhua
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