Indonesia has come out and denied that they asked for money to resume sharing of their H5N1 bird flu virus samples.
A U.S. health secretary recently stated that Indonesia was seeking financial compensation if it resumed sharing the H5N1 bird flu virus samples.
Widjaja Lukito, an adviser to Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari, stated the country does not want money for the samples.
Indonesia is denying that they have been asking for financial compensation to resume the sharing of the H5N1 bird flu samples.
Indonesia has been one of the countries which has been hit the hardest by the H5N1 bird flu virus, with many cases and deaths being confirmed in the country.