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    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=content01>Indonesia Asks WHO to Set up Bird Flu Virus Sharing Mechanism</TD></TR><TR><TD height=45><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width="100%" bgColor=#cccccc><TBODY><TR><TD class=content02 bgColor=#e8e8e8> 2007-11-28 03:35:02 Xinhua</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE class=content03 id=dstTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD>Indonesia has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish a mechanism for sharing bird flu virus samples, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said on Tuesday.
    The minister said that there must be initial talks for the establishment of the mechanism, otherwise the countries which have the virus samples were reluctant to share information about the strains of virus in their countries.
    She said that without the mechanism, it was not clear who own the samples already sent to the WHO.
    "There must be an interim mechanism" for sharing virus samples, she told Xinhua at the State Palace.
    Indonesia, hit hard by the bird flu disease, had 91 fatalities out of 113 cases.
    The virus has struck down 335 people in 12 countries, killing 206 of them, according to the WHO. All of the victims get the disease through contacts with animals.
    Indonesia had asked WHO to return 58 of its bird flu virus samples.
    "There is no agreement that the viruses belong to them (WHO)," she said. Besides, "there is no system how to return them."
    The minister reaffirmed that Indonesia would not resume sending the virus if there is no guideline.
    "There is no guideline, how could we to send the virus. How is the rule about it," said Supari, adding that Indonesia will resume sending should there be the guideline.
    Experts feared that the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus could mutate into strains that can be transmittable among humans, causing millions of death.
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