WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | WHO puts Tamiflu maker on alert to ready global stockpile of bird flu drugs
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(Kubu Simbelang, Indonesia-AP) May 27, 2006 - The World Health Organization says that while it asked the maker of Tamiflu to get ready after a human bird flu transmission scare, no further action appears necessary.
It's the first time such a request has been made.
The director of WHO's rapid response and containment group in Geneva says a precautionary 9,500 doses along with protective gear was flown into Indonesia Friday.
It took about 72 hours to arrive. He described it as a procedure put in place in the event of suspected human transmission.
Six of the seven members of an extended Indonesian family in North Sumatra who caught bird flu have died.
The WHO has stressed the virus has not mutated into a version easily passed between people or shown signs of spreading outside the family.
Drugmaker Roche will remain on alert for approximately the next two weeks.
Posted 7:05pm by Graeme Moore
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