May 31, 2007

China donates bird flu equipment to Indonesia

The Chinese government has given bird flu paraphernalia worth US$900,000 to the Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture to control bird flu.

The utensils include bird flu vaccines, injection apparatus, disinfectants, apparatus, serological and etiological diagnostic reagents, equipment and individual safety items. These are now being distributed to four provinces in Java Island namely Banten, West Java, Central Java and East Java.

The donations are the first of the shipments sent by China in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Chinese and Indonesian government. China will still provide a grant of 20 million RMB (US$2.6 million) to Indonesia for the control programme.