Indonesia resumes samples sharing
February 17th, 2007
Indonesia has once again started to share its samples of bird flu collected from its victims with the World Health Organization. However, a condition has been imposed that in the future developing countries will share equal access to an affordable vaccine, when it is developed. Indonesian authorities had drawn heavy criticism just weeks ago when they announced that samples would no longer be shared with WHO. Several countries are trying to develop an effective vaccine for the disease and some claim that a new substance could be available as early as May.