“Asia has shown significant progress in preparing to fight the spread of the virus, but more help is needed to support Indonesia, where a majority of the country’s provinces have reported the presence of the disease”, United Nations official, David Nabarro.
Asia needs to increasingly focus on medium- to longer-term efforts to control the spread of avian flu virus.
David Nabarro, the senior U.N. coordinator for avian and human influenza, says, overall, Asia has registered significant progress in the past year in preparing to stem the spread of avian flu.
Nabarro, and other U.N. officials, say Indonesia remains the key country of concern, and is in need of greater international assistance.