http://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/templates/birdflu/window.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchealth.canoe.ca%2Fchannel_health_news_details.asp%3Fnews_id%3D19157%26news_channel_id%3D1020%26channel_id%3D1020Bush tours bird flu lab in Vietnam
Provided by: Associated Press
Written by: MARGIE MASON
Nov. 20, 2006
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - U.S. President George W. Bush toured a bird flu lab Monday and praised Vietnam for its successful battle against the disease, pledging U.S. support and urging Southeast Asia to prepare for a potential pandemic.
Bush arrived at the Pasteur Institute - one of Vietnam's top research institutes for communicable diseases - in southern Ho Chi Minh City to an enthusiastic reception from crowds gathered on the streets.
(I think these may have been enthusiastic protesters ..mojo)
Indonesia
http://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/templates/birdflu/window.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayonline.com%2Farticles%2F155864.asp Visiting US President George W. Bush pledged to help fight avian influenza in Indonesia, which has the world's highest death toll at 56.
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In Indonesia during a seven-hour visit after attending the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi, Bush said any pandemic in Southeast Asia posed a direct threat to Americans.
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"If there is an influenza outbreak in Vietnam, it could affect Indonesia and the people of America. Therefore we need to work in a collaborative way to deal with this great threat," Bush said.
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"We continue to form partnerships on this issue," Bush told reporters at joint press briefing with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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A joint statement issued after the press briefing said that both Indonesia and US also agreed to accelerate negotiations to extend research work of the US Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) number 2 facilities in Indonesia.
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NAMRU laboratories have been assisting Indonesia's health ministries in confirming suspected avian flu cases in the country over the past two years.
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Efforts to curb the spread of the disease in Indonesia have been hampered by the reluctance of some poultry owners, especially backyard farmers, to hand over their sick or potentially infected birds for slaughter.
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Scientists fear the H5N1 virus could mutate to become easily transmissible among people, which could in turn lead to a global flu pandemic with a potential death toll of millions. — AFP
Visiting US President George W. Bush pledged to help fight avian influenza in Indonesia, which has the world's highest death toll at 56.
.
In Indonesia during a seven-hour visit after attending the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi, Bush said any pandemic in Southeast Asia posed a direct threat to Americans.
.
"If there is an influenza outbreak in Vietnam, it could affect Indonesia and the people of America. Therefore we need to work in a collaborative way to deal with this great threat," Bush said.
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