More Bumps on the Road to Global Sharing of H5N1 Samples

摘要

A battle between Indonesia and the World Health Organization (WHO) is escalating. Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, has claimed that WHO is refusing to return dozens of H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from Indonesian samples. WHO calls the claims baseless and says Indonesia can get back the viruses once it shows it can handle them safely.