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Thursday, December 20, 2012

..The death forced Health Ministry officials to acknowledge that despite all its efforts, Indonesia had been unable to completely wipe out bird flu in the country as long as the infection remained endemic among poultry. 

Indonesia has had a hard time controlling the spread of the disease because backyard farming is such an ingrained part of the culture. The Health Ministry has found that in some traditional markets in Jakarta, traces of the H5N1 virus are found not only on sick poultry, but alsotraces of the H5N1 virus are found as well as the vendors, although they were not infected. 

By December, a total of 10 people were confirmed dead from bird flu. 
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/indonesian-health-issues-go-up-in-smoke/562907