Indonesia: Indonesia to ban backyard poultry to fight bird flu.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: Regional News - Indonesia is preparing to ban backyard poultry farming in a renewed effort to fight bird flu after more four Indonesians died from the disease last week.

The fatalities raised Indonesia 's death toll from the virus to 61, the highest in the world.

This is already a situation of health emergency. We hope that the protection of humans will be much better if birds and humans are separated," Antara news agency quoted Aburizal Bakrie, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, as saying after a meeting between ministers and the heads of the Jakarta, West Java and Banten regions, …