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Is the stand-off over bird flu virus over?

23 May 2007

A STALEMATE between countries hit by deadly H5N1 flu and others that want virus samples to make vaccines seems closer to ending.

As Âé¶¹´«Ã½ went to press, member states of the World Health Organization meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, had agreed to find ways to share samples more fairly and planned to launch negotiations between the governments involved. However, it was not yet clear if this would persuade countries to start releasing vital samples of the virus again any time soon.

Last November, Indonesia stopped sending samples from people infected with H5N1 to foreign labs that work with the WHO.…

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