JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia needs nearly $1 billion over two years to fight bird flu, which has killed 11 people in the world's fourth most populous nation, chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie said on Friday.
Officials also said the government planned to set up surveillance posts at every village across the sprawling archipelago to detect any signs of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus among humans and poultry.
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