Countries emergency meeting

Before the situation of bird flu has been shown to be a common painting for all humanity, across continents, many meetings are being urgently convened to discuss coordination measures.

Countries in the South Pacific region are holding summits in Papua New Guinea from October 25-27. Australia also announced it would hold a first APEC summit meeting (Asia Pacific) on bird flu issues on October 31 and November 1. "This meeting will take a look at both levels: preparation has come and what needs more to improve the preparation of each economy one" - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.

At the Ottawa (Canada) Conference, the health ministers of 29 countries are at risk of bird flu outbreaks and UN specialized organizations on October 24 and 25. Here, FAO Director General Jacques Dioup said that "protection measures should be taken in the case of H5N1 virus spread between people and people, but it is a second line of defense" and now "real battle" is a must deal with the spread of disease in poultry.

According to Mr. Dioup, there have been about 140 million poultry destroyed in Southeast Asia, causing losses of about 10 billion USD to these countries. So far the world has recorded 120 cases of H5N1 infection in humans, of which 60 have died.

In Europe , Croatia confirmed a new H5 virus in new swans in a western lake, about six miles from the first six swans from the lake. Croatia has just finished destroying more than 10,000 birds near the infected area. In Russia, a new outbreak has just been discovered in the Altai region in southern Siberia. Authorities said they found bird flu antibodies in the blood of 59 feathers died in seven different camps in Pokrovka village.

In Asia, the situation is not bright either. Indonesia said bird flu has just claimed the life of the fourth victim in the country. China announced a new outbreak in Anhui province. Thailand has just said that bird flu has spread to 39 provinces, or more than half of its territory. As of October 24, Thailand had at least six more suspected cases, bringing the total number of cases in Thailand since the end of 2003 to 19, of which 13 died.

On the issue of Tamiflu, on October 24 there was another Canada saying that "the international community is concerned about the hesitant attitude of Roche Company in allowing fake drug makers to protect millions of people." before pandemic bird flu ".

HYDRAULIC (Novosti, AFP, Reuters, BKP, JP)