Cooperation to create bird flu vaccine

Jakarta — Indonesia has offered to cooperate with Japan in developing a human bird flu vaccine, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Mr. Yudhoyono said the pair had "agreed on cooperation in dealing with avian influenza" during talks in the Indonesian capital.

"I have offered Prime Minister Abe bilateral cooperation in developing a human vaccine based on the Indonesian strain of the virus, for the sake of our welfare and the global interest," he said.

Mr. Abe said Tokyo had decided to provide 1.7 billion yen (14.8 million dollars) in aid to help fight avian influenza.

Indonesia is the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus and has reported 104 confirmed bird flu cases, with 83 deaths. — AFP


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Cooperation to create bird flu vaccine