JAKARTA, 23 July 2004 - Bird flu has re-emerged in Indonesia's East Java, killing nearly 2000 chickens, but the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday the deadly virus that ravaged Asian poultry flocks early this year was under control. "In June, we had new cases in Tulung Agung in East Java province killing 1760 chickens. However, there were no fresh cases from the other provinces in the country," said ministry spokesman Hari Priono.
He did not say if the strain was the same one that killed 24 people in Asia earlier this year. Eight Thais and 16 Vietnamese died after they came in close contact with poultry infected with the H5N1 strain, which was first detected in Hong Kong in 1997. Priono said case in East Java and recent outbreaks in Thailand, China and Vietnam had prompted the government to distribute more than 300 million doses of vaccine across Indonesia to keep the virus from spreading.
"The situation is under control through nine strategic methods," said Priono. He did not elaborate. Authorities say no cases of human infection have been found so far in Indonesia, but outbreaks this year have cost the poultry industry at least 7.7 trillion rupiah (EUR 700 M).

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