Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
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This information is current as of today, Mon Feb 25 2008 20:42:33 GMT+0700 (SE Asia Standard Time).
INDONESIA
October 05, 2007
This Travel Warning updates information concerning the security situation in Indonesia and urges American citizens to evaluate carefully the risks of travel to that country. This Travel Warning supersedes the January 9, 2007. Travel Warning for Indonesia.
Due to the possibility of terrorist attacks directed against American or other Western citizens and interests, the Department of State urges American citizens to evaluate ………………………………………………………….
Americans considering travel to Indonesia should read the Department of State’s Fact Sheet on Avian Influenza dated July 2006 and should consult with their personal physicians concerning Avian Flu.
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The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Minister's claims on avian flu for the birds, says US
Mark Forbes, Jakarta
THE United States has rejected the Indonesian Health Minister's
claims it is using bird flu samples to produce biological
weapons, and World Health Organisation officials have condemned
allegations of conspiring to profit from bird flu vaccines.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is believed to
have ordered Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari to recall
copies of her book on avian influenza, It's Time for the World
to Change, which alleges the US and WHO are conspiring against
developing countries by seizing control of bird flu samples.
WHO officials said they were dismayed by some of the claims, and
urged Dr Supari to do more to control bird flu's spread and end
her refusal to share virus samples, which the WHO says is
hampering attempts to find a cure.
US State Department spokeswoman Susan Stahl denied Dr Supari's
claim that Indonesian virus samples had been sent to a
biological weapons laboratory in Los Alamos. The laboratory has
no bird flu viruses from Indonesia or elsewhere, she said.
The only involvement of the facility was hosting a database of
publicly available genetic sequencing data to help track the
evolution of the virus, she said.
Dr Supari yesterday continued to state that virus samples had
been sent via the WHO to a biological weapons laboratory in Los
Alamos.
"Whether they use it to make vaccine or develop chemical weapons
would depend on the need and interest of the US Government," she
said. "It is indeed a very dangerous situation for the destiny
of humanity." WHO's assistant director-general for health
security, David Heymann, said he was puzzled by the claims.
"I don't understand why they would take this virus to make a
biological weapon. It doesn't transmit from human to human.
"Indonesia needs to spend more time on dealing with infections
with chickens, and stopping humans being infected. They need to
be sharing the viruses with the world community so we can do the
proper risk analysis to help attack the problem."
Dr Supari had "opened a very important issue" of improving
access to vaccines, Dr Heymann said. "The problem we've had is
interpreting how to move this message forward.
"She could be a part of the solution, instead she is only
highlighting the problem."
He said he had discussed the book with Dr Supari. "She told me
(Dr Yudhoyono) had made her take it off the market," he said.
The director of the WHO's Collaborating Centre for Influenza, in
Melbourne, Anne Kelso, said she was saddened by Dr Supari's
accusations.
"We feel we are working for global public benefit by monitoring
how this virus is changing as it moves around the world,"
Professor Kelso said. "We don't personally profit in any way
from that work."
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What are your oppinion ?
Conclusion?
I am Sory if you are American.
Dr Supari's book " It's Time for the World to Change "
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